H1 clause 6c - The Claybrookes

As The Claybrookes should not be designated as an SRV as that policy is unsound, see earlier comments, the housing allocation is unjustified

My objection is based on the inadequate country road structure that currently supports the village. Frolesworth Lane, Main Road, Woodway Lane and even High Cross road are already inadequate infrastructure owing to its rural and local access setting. A number of the local villages including Willey, Frolesworth and the Claybrookes suffer from 'rat run's' between high volume routes such as the M69/A5 and M1 via Narborough etc. The walk to Claybrooke school and general pedestrian access to and from the Claybrookes is fraught with badly lit roads, lack of pavements and single road side access. Most roads in the villages are cul de sacs and many of the current population park on the road 24 hr per day. More traffic means an excalation of the risk

50 new houses at The Claybrookes
1. would require development on green field land having a detrimental impact on the rural landscape
2. Would reduce the green wedge between Claybrooke Parva and Claybrooke Magna destroying the individual heritage of these settlements which date back to Anglo-Saxon times
3. Would increase pressure on Claybrooke School where there is already a significant issue with parking outside (and consequent reduction in usable road width) on a dangerous bend in Main Road, Claybrooke Parva

1. would require development on green field land, having a detrimental impact on the rural landscape
2. Would reduce the green wedge between Claybrooke Parva and Claybrooke Magna destroying the individual heritage of these settlements which date back to Anglo-Saxon times
3. Would increase pressure on Claybrooke School where there is already a significant issue with dangerous parking outside on a sharp bend in Main Road, Claybrooke Parva which makes driving through the area hazardous.
4. There are already long queues to get onto the A5 at Woodway Lane (from Parva) and High Cross in a morning

Claybrooke Magna should not have been registered as SRV. The council changed the goalposts to be able to include the village as SRV after the residents had proved it did not meet the original requirements for SRV status. Therefore, object to further housing development in Claybrooke Magna.
Infrastructure, lack of local services including schools doctors, etc. not sustainable if increase in housing. Congested parking on dangerous road bends by school dangerous for all.

Both Claybrookes should remain independent. These are little rural villages and people live here because of that reason. They cannot sustain extra housing, which brings with it extra traffic. There are no shops, 1 pub and an oversubscribed school. The cars parked around the school in the morning and evening is horrendous and very dangerous as they are parked all over the pavement. There is also a very limited bus service. People live in villages to look at countryside not houses and traffic.

It is unclear why the Claybrookes have been identified as a Selected Rural Village, they don't appear to meet the criteria either individually or collectively. One pub at the extreme northern and of Magna and a primary school in Parva that will soon be at capacity (following the latest housing development consent in Magna) does not appear to constitute selection as an SRV and subsequent opening of opportunities to developers. The commute to the school in Parva by Magna residents requires a long walk through an unlit stretch of road where traffic flaunt the 30mph speed limit. The road is particularly dangerous between late October and late February. Understandably parents prefer to drive their children to school. causing dangerous congestion on the tight bend outside of the School. This is already an accident waiting to happen without the already approved developments, let alone more.

There is no such village as "the Claybrookes". There are two villages with separate Parish Councils. Claybrooke Magna has one public house. Claybrooke Parva has a church and a small primary school. There is green space between the villages. Therefore the planning rules which should apply to each village is for small developments of up to 6 houses in either village. The Harborough Local Plan has already broken planning rules by allowing a development of 38 houses in Claybrooke Magna, this permission should be revoked as the change of status has not been consulted on.

1..Already building approx 40 house on a new development in Claybrooke Parva
2. There is no provision for schools - Parking around the school is already dangerous mornings and afternoons
3. No provisions for doctors surgery-
4. Secondary schools are also full

It is unclear why the Claybrookes have been identified as a Selected Rural
Village, they don't appear to meet the criteria either individually or
collectively. One pub at the extreme northern and of Magna and a primary
school in Parva that will soon be at capacity (following the latest housing
development consent in Magna) does not appear to constitute selection as an
SRV and subsequent opening of opportunities to developers. The commute to
the school in Parva by Magna residents requires a long walk through an
unlit stretch of road where traffic flaunt the 30mph speed limit. The road
is particularly dangerous between late October and late February.
Understandably parents prefer to drive their children to school. causing
dangerous congestion on the tight bend outside of the School. This is
already an accident waiting to happen without the already approved
developments, let alone more.

Already about to build 39 new houses in village.
Schools are already full both primary and secondary
Parking around Claybrooke School is dangerous and more cars would be catastrophic
Cannot get a Doctors appointment now
Green field sites should be used for crops to sustain the growing population. and helping the deficit of balance of payments that the country has

HDC in giving the Claybrookes SRV status did not follow due process. There is no policy documents to support their reasons for allocating this status. When representations were made by the PC to HDC on the reasons (rules) used by HDC, HDC changed the reasons (rules) to support the status. These rules were not used elsewhere in the district. A flagrant breach of democracy.

I object to this proposal..

Local services are already under pressure and are at full or near full capacity.

Over forty new houses are already being built or planned in Claybrooke Magna for which there
will be insufficient capacity to cope.

Volume and speed of traffic is a constant problem particularly at school times.

Parking by parents at the school is unacceptable and dangerous for motorists and pedestrians alike, especially children.

The Claybrookes are individual historic villages with their own characters, not commuter towns!

This area currently has very limited amenities and would be unable to sustain such development.
Claybrooke School is already struggling to cope with the current demand and would not be able to cope.
There are not the employment opportunities in the area to sustain the development. Therefore this would become a dormitory settlement with inhabitants commuting out of the area, increasing traffic and lowering air quality. The local roads are not suitable to cope with this level of increase, particularly connections with the A5, with both Woodway Lane and High Cross.

Why is it that the two separate villages of Parva and Magna have been amalgamated for the purposes of housing developments? This has not happened in other areas of the District, e.g. The Langtons. Harborough District Council appear to make up the rules to fit their plans, not based on documentary evidence.

In addition there are severe parking problems around Claybrooke School, which have the potential to cause a death or injury to someone. Further housing can only increase this danger.

Development of either Claybrooke Magna or Parva would be totally unacceptable due to the lack of facilities, the school doesn't have much room and with parents parking along the main street is an accident waiting to happen.
With the existing developments going ahead we are already seeing the roads breaking up due to the increased traffic of trucks, and we have seen no investment in the local services that shoiuld be provided by the section 106 payment as it seems to go 'elsewhere' within the district.
Increased noise, pollution and traffic will all have an impact on the villages.

Claybrooke Parva and Claybrooke Magna are two separate and independent villages with their own parish councils and distinct identity. Residents of Parva do not wish to be part of a collective that will change the unique nature of their village. Neither have the facilities to meet the Criteria for an SRV.

Claybrooke Parva and Claybrooke Magna do not meet the criteria for an SRV.

Claybrooke Parva school will soon be reaching capacity, there is already planning consent granted in Claybrooke Magna that is likely to fill any remaining vacancies.

Parking around the school at peak times is hazardous and a significant health and safety concern with vehicles unable to see the congestion around the bend in the road.

There are no shops in the villages and no Dr's surgery the nearest one being in Ullesthorpe that is already at breaking point.

The village has NO local services and by building more houses pressure will be put on the already full to capacity primary school. parking outside of the school is dangerous now with vehicles on both sides of the road on a blind bend.
Traffic is already very severe through the village. 50 more houses will mean traffic will increase dramatically. It is already a dangerous road to walk along through the village to school and as a dog walker I see Vehicles travelling far too fast through the village using it as a cut through from the A5.

This area currently has very few ammentities and would be unable to sustain such development. Claybrooke School is already struggling to cope with demand, both in terms of class sizes and also the impact of traffic and the dangerous parking by parents, which has increased significantly over the past few years.

There are not the emplyment opportunities in the area to support the development either. Therefore any development would become a dormitory selltlement increaseing commuting and placing futher pressure on traffic congestion, safety and air quality. The local roads are not suitbale to cope with this level of increase, particuary the intersections with the A5 at High Cross and Woodway Lane.

There are 2 villages not one and should be assessed separately. They are both small villages which do not have the infrastructure to support more housing. The school has no room to expand and parking around it is dangerous. The road are not maintained enough for increased traffic that new housing would create.

Currently the amenities in these villages is extremely limited, with one pub and a school. The employment opportunities for the new residents in the community are extremely limited given the very low level of unemployment in the area. The plan does not address any increase in amenities or transport networks to ensure that this new housing does not just become a dormitory development for commuters. The increased traffic will significantly impact on the already dangerous junctions with the A5. Resulting in significant safety and air quality issues.
The loss of green space in a rural community is a major concern, particularly given the plans to concrete over much of the local land for Magna park

- The process of establishing Claybrooke Magna as a selected rural village is totally unsound as the goal posts were moved on a regular basis to justify the Planning Policy.
- It does not even attempt to undertake a duty to co-operate as the Policy is included despite extensive local objections.
- Had two key services, a pub and a school, been a requirement, the inclusion of Claybrooke Magna would not have arisen.
- The school is in a totally separate village with a separate Parish Council and to get to it people and children must walk along a busy road that has significant speeding problems on a uneven pathway with no street lighting.
- There is also serious parking problems at the school with people having to cross the road between parked cars already in dangerous positions.
- The proposal is unsustainable in that there are no long key services and people will have to travel out of the village for all their requirements, other that the pub. Thus increasing traffic on unsuitable roads.
- The proposal does not follow due process as it has been developed in an undemocratic manor.

There already exists a very dangerous problem in both Claybrooke Magna and Parva with traffic coming from the A5 at High Cross driving at high speed through these villages. The 30mph is totally ignored (except by locals) and many near misses have been observed.
Together with the disgraceful parking (on both sides of the road and all the way round the bend) outside Claybrooke Primary School at dropping off and collecting time, a serious accident is waiting to happen (added to this is the Woodway Road access to the A5 just past the School - another racetrack from the A5)
I agree that to walk to Claybrooke School is unsafe in the extreme for local children due to the above reasons, which can only become more dangerous if the proposed large developments in both villages go ahead.

Keep Claybrooke Magna and Parva as they are now NO MORE DEVELOPMENT PLEASE

I object most strongly to any further housing developments in Claybrooke Magna and Parva. It is already most unsafe to walk to Claybrook School due to speeding traffic and the parking situation at the school. Any increase on pressure here is to invite a fatality.
Local services, already under pressure, cannot cope with an increase in the population of these rural communities.

Claybrooke Magna is a rural village and it is totally unsound as the goal posts were moved on a regular basis to justify planning policy. It does not undertake a duty to co-operate as the Policy is included despite extensive local objections had the key services, a Public House and a School been a requirement, the inclusion of Claybrooke Magna would not have arisen.
The school is in a different village with a separate Parish Council and to get to it children have to walk alongside a very busy road that has speeding problems, uneven paths and no street lighting. There is also dangerous parking problems around the school area with people having to cross between parked cars. This proposal is unsustainable, there are no local key services and people will have to drive out of the village for all their requirements other than a public house. This increasing traffic on already unsuitable roads.

- The process of establishing Claybrooke Magna as a selected rural village is totally unsound as the goalposts were moved on a regular basis to justify the Planning Policy.
- It does not even attempt to undertake a duty to co-operate as the Policy is included despite extensive local objection
- Had two key services, a pub and a school, been a requirement, the inclusion of Claybrooke Magna would not have arisen.
- The school is in a totally separate village with a separate Parish Council and to get to it people and children must walk along a busy road that has significant speeding problems on an uneven pathway with no street lighting.
- There is also serious parking problems at the school with people having to cross the road between parked cars already in dangerous positions.
- The proposal is unsustainable in that there area no local key services and people will have to travel out of the village for all their requirements, other than the pub, thus increasing traffic on unsuitable roads.
- The proposal does not follow due process as it has been developed in an undemocratic manner.