Object
Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft
Representation ID: 1770
Received: 30/11/2016
Respondent: Dr Alastair Moye
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Objection to KB1:
It is very bad for human health to live close to a major road, especially downwind. There will be illnesses and premature deaths from the air pollution caused by vehicle emissions.
Deards End Lane, and the railway bridge, will not cope with the additional traffic.
- Traffic impact on Deards Lane Conservation Area
- Deards Lane will become a rat-run - no footpath - safety impacts
- KB1 should be abandoned, or it should consist of far fewer dwellings, set back at least 100 metres from the edge of the motorway.
As a doctor of medicine, I object to development KB1, because a large number of people will live very close to a busy motorway.
It is proven that poor air quality, from vehicle emissions, increases the risk of death from asthma and other respiratory conditions, sudden cardiac death, and overall mortality.
See http://newsroom.heart.org/news/living-near-major-roads-may-increase-risk-of-sudden-cardiac-death-in-women?preview=6a78 and
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505104658/http://www.comeap.org.uk/images/stories/Documents/Reports/comeap%20the%20mortality%20effects%20of%20long-term%20exposure%20to%20particulate%20air%20pollution%20in%20the%20uk%202010.pdf
We should not build high-density housing next to a motorway, which is about to be expanded to three lanes.
The additional traffic will also spoil the Deards End Lane conservation area; Deards End Lane will be turned into a busy rat-run, with traffic queueing to pass in each direction. There is no footpath; pedestrian casualties are inevitable.