Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

Parking/Driving:
Mendip way is already a rat run with insufficient parking spaces that leads to poor and dangerous parking/driving, widening this road will only increase the poor parking and add to the dangers of using this road because the traffic will increase in speed and the dangers will increase for both the young and old.

Not only will the development have an impact on the Haybuff drive and Mendip way it will increase rat run traffic from the community centre and shops through Mendip way, where again the parking is both sides of the road and highly inaccessible

To remove the verges and trees would be a great idea if the number of parking spaces could be increased and allow the traffic to flow down this road, currently the fire and ambulance service do have issues getting down this road, this will only become worse as the Roundwood development grows when you start adding a bus route and

Lack of amenities

The shops at the community centre are the only local shops, Budgeons, this will add pressure on the local infrastructure

Healthcare:
St Nicholas GP surgery is already in financial crisis and is currently full - you cannot get an appointment without queuing up at 8am and 12pm or telephone at these times. Bringing in another 360 homes will only add to the burden on the local Dr's and the A&E/national health services

Schools:
Round Diamond is a local school that local kids cannot get into, the school is not big enough to sustain a further 360 homes with an average of 1-2 children of possible primary school age, and that's is without factoring in the secondary aged children

Emergency Access:
Fire, Ambulance and Police have an almost impossible task to wend their way down Mendip Way due to the poor availability and silly parking, this is a frightening prospect that all emergency services will use this route to attend incidents in Roundwood, my thought on this is that there is one way in one way out of what essentially is going to be a big cul-de-sac with no other alternative route into Roundwood, not the best scenario if a major incident occurs within its boundaries!