Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18117

Received: 09/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs Anne-Marie Hopcroft

Representation Summary:

This is the only greenfield site in the plan and should not be used for housing development. Priest's Lane is already a busy road with a particular bottleneck at the junction of Priests Lane and Middleton Hall Lane. Additional housing will only increase traffic causing further congestion and pollution. Existing services such as schools and surgeries will struggle to cope with the extra demand

Full text:

This is the only greenfield site in the plan and should not be used for housing development. Priest's Lane is already a busy road with a particular bottleneck at the junction of Priests Lane and Middleton Hall Lane. Additional housing will only increase traffic causing further congestion and pollution. Existing services such as schools and surgeries will struggle to cope with the extra demand