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I strongly object to the proposal to build houses on the Priests Lane Sites 178 and 044 on the following grounds:-

Priests Lane is the only Greenfield site in the plan.

Priests Lane itself is already heavily congested at peak times with cars queuing back past Bishop Walk causing increased pollution. Additional traffic will only exacerbate the problem further.

Priest Lane is currently not safe for pedestrians crossing at points due to insufficient pavements.

If Bishop Walk is used as an access point for the site 178 it would become a car park and is not wide enough to safely accommodate a heavy traffic flow.

Wildlife on both sites would be massively disturbed or wiped out altogether if the land was developed on.

Schools,medical services and local infrastructure are currently at breaking point already and would not be able to manage an increase in localised population.

House prices in the area would dramatically fall if a potential 5 years of building were to be agreed.

Traffic is already at unacceptable high levels. Priest Lane at peak times turns into a car park with queuing traffic from Middleton Hall Lane traffic lights down past Glanthams Road.

Priests Lane is already unsafe for pedestrians crossing the road and cyclists due to such heavy volumes of traffic and lack of pavements.

Pollution, both noise and environmental are already high and would increase exponentially if the development of the site 178 and 044 were to go ahead.

Local services such as schools, doctors surgeries and hospitals are already at breaking point. Increase of housing in the local area will only lead to further problems for current residents within the community.

Priests Lane is the only Greenfield site in the current LDP. Why is this being persued so vehemently when other sites offer more viable options such as access, positioning and minimal environmental disruption.