Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

This land is a small field located behind Templars Lane (named Castlefield). The 5 existing Castlefield homes are built upon a fragile drainage and road infrastructure (the road cannot even support a bin lorry, with residents having to bring their bins to where the road is solid, where Castlefield meets Templars Lane. The drainage system under Castlefield is also reportedly (by contractors hired by Howard Cottage Housing Association) full of sand and debris, and are poorly built, with drains sinking as they were not properly installed). Building 21 additional homes on this field will cause the existing Castlefield homes to suffer potentially dangerous consequences due to building site traffic and continuous residential traffic when actually built. The existing road and infrastructure of Castlefield will need to be seriously addressed before any more housing can even be considered.