Object
Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft
Representation ID: 1774
Received: 30/11/2016
Respondent: Dr Alastair Moye
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Objection to KB2 on the grounds of:
- air quality impacts on health and life expectancy- objection to new houses and primary school so close to a major road
- development not sustainable: traffic, railway bridges, drainage, sewage, noise pollution
- development should be much smaller, and there should be a buffer strip of at least 100 metres between the motorway and the nearest new houses.
As a doctor, I strongly object to the siting of so many new houses and a primary school on a site so close to a major road. The air quality will be poor, particularly when the wind is in the west, and on still days. Particulates and oxides of nitrogen cause excess cardiac and respiratory mortality; we know that people living close to major roads have reduced life expectancy, as a direct function of their proximity to the road.
I also don't believe that the development is sustainable, on grounds of additional traffic, railway bridges, drainage, sewage, and noise pollution.