Proposed Main Modifications

I would like to express some serious concerns about the local plan and in particular in response to the WE1 section for Weston. A massive response from the local residents was submitted by post at the initial consultation and we had no response or acknowledgement to this. This include objections from over 70 residents in the immediate area to the proposals.

The site proposed for WE1 is green belt and I do not believe the strict conditions to use this green belt has been met for this development. Further this land is regularly flooded/water logged. If this is built on where is the water going to go? Continuing with the concerns about water the current water pumping station (which is on WE1 and regularly floods) in the village is struggling to cope so how is this going to be addressed if further houses are added to this. A professional survey into this must be done.

The fields proposed are also a haven for wildlife with deer and bats seen regularly. There has not been a full environmental and bat survey done. This is a requirement.

There are already major issues with parking and road safety in the village and surrounding roads to the proposed development with several accidents having already occurred. There is evidence to show that new developments do not provide enough parking for the number of vehicles that come with new housing so where are these vehicles going to park? This is a major safety risk. I understand that the plan is for houses to have garages and only 1 parking space per house. This is very very dangerous and going to cause problems. Please reconsider this as a viable option.

The initial proposal for WE1 was for 25 houses including 11 socially affordable houses. With no explanation WE2 has been added into WE1 so the total proposed development is 42 houses. This is a far bigger development and the need to use the extra greenbelt land has not been proven. This will only add to the water problems and parking problems.

With the bigger proposed development any developer would need to provide the LEA will money for schooling provision but this has not been discussed.

I am against this development and do not feel the actual land and impact on local residents and the countryside has been properly considered. Local views have not been fairly considered.