Re: Plans for Ickleford IC1, IC2, IC3, LS!

I would like to state my support for the Ickleford Parish Council's objections to sites IC!, IC2, & IC3.
I believe the are not sound for following reasons :
The main sewer through the village is already at capacity & in extreme wet conditions gets full which causes "back up" to drainage pipes from roads leading into the main Arlesey Road. This is known to Anglia Water & tankers regularly attend to pump sewerage / drainage water from the pumping stations by Cadwell Bridge & Laurel Way, however this does not help in very wet conditions when flooding is experienced in several areas. Anglia Water in their comments in the plan state that their treatment Centre can cope---this might be true but the actual pipework through the village taking sewerage etc to the Treatment Centre certainly can't . Additional housing would only add to the problems.

I believe as do most people in the village that the school ( which is partly listed) is the centre of the village & to move this is not justified. If ever expansion was needed then a seperate annexe should be considered for certain ages

Other aspects such as Traffic & Building on Green Belt I agree with Ickleford Parish Council's response, but my main objections are as stated above. We do realise that some building is necessary but the infrastructure must be also in place.