Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

I and my wife live in Codicote and are both surprised at the plans you seem to be supporting for more than 310 new dwellings attached to the village, an increase of over 30%.

Can we ask you to seriously reconsider this plan for many reasons but for us they must include:-

1. The traffic flow is seriously disrupted, particularly at rush hour periods, with all the cars parked in either side of the road especially at the narrower places in the High Street. This is exacerbated by the large numbers of quarry lorries using the High Street, by the already large numbers of dwelling already added recently (the Willow Close - ex-Royton, the Node dwellings, the Clock dwellings, etc.), by delivery lorries/van delivering to High Street shops etc.. If your plan goes ahead it needs to be sorted for the current traffic load and with enough capacity for the planned further expansion.
2. Car parking is getting more than silly and needs sorting to ease the problems of traffic, and to get spaces for the High Street residents ...... and in a way that does not prevent passing customers to use the local shops.
3. The local school cannot cope with the young children already living in the village so the new additions (Royton and Node etc.) children will have a problem in getting places there and with a further 310 plus dwellings the problem can only get worse.
4. The utilities may not cope with these additions:-
The electricity supply has been and still is erratic with frequent power outage/total electrical failures
The sewage system, we are advised, cannot cope and gets overwhelmed at times without any additional burden
We cannot speak for the gas and water supplies but we are not aware of any current problems
5. The local GP surgeries plainly are not coping so additional health provision arrangements have to be considered to cope with the current folk and with capacity to cope with the additional burden from the new dwellings.
6. The disruption and damage to roads, traffic flow, parking, and general mud etc. while the buildings are built and the infrastructure improved seem to be not considered.

We could go on but I think that if the above cannot be dealt with effectively, and before these dwellings get sanctioned, it would be a poorly considered plan.