The council has failed to consider or respond to the valid concerns relating to the access for construction traffic or the resulting congestion should the homes be built. The site is only accessible via country lanes and under a narrow railway bridge. Not only would this cause congestion but would be dangerous to the public as the bridge is the only access from one side of the railway line to the other for pedestrians and the footpath is already barely wide enough for one person.
The site would remove the Green Belt between the village and the A1(M) (which itself is due to be widened in the near future), increasing the impact of the noise and air pollution on the local population.
No credible plan has been brought forward to alleviate the already serious flooding that has occurred in the village that would be heightened by an increase in the built up area.