Object
Preferred Site Allocations 2018
Representation ID: 19336
Received: 07/03/2018
Respondent: Valerie Godbee
Access to this development is only by the very narrow Redrose Lane which is totally unable to carry the additional traffic this development would cause. The total development of Blackmore as proposed in this plan is a total of 116 houses which represent growth of 28.6% which in a village the size of Blackmore constitutes gross overdevelopment. The local Doctors surgery is already at its full capacity . Apart from Kelvedon Hatch none of other parishes in the North and West of the borough have any proposed development at all. Nor do Fryerning, Herongate, and Ingrave.
This area is within the established Green Belt and borders the Blackmore Conservation area. It is agricultural land that has been worked as both arable and pasture land alongside other working farms.
The proposed development of 56 dwellings is a scandalous overdevelopment of the site alongside the 40 dwellings proposed for 077 Woollard Way.
If approval is given in respect of this site it appears that the Borough intends to apply to have the Greenbelts designation withdrawn. I strongly object to this loss and the extent of the wholly inappropriate size of the development. The intention of the Greenbelt legislation is to permanently provide and protect open space, a concept endorsed by Teresa May in her recent speech where she promised to protect the Greenbelt.
This site is subject to frequent flooding which leads to flooding in Redrose Lane making the road impassable to both traffic and pedestrians.
The River Wid draws water from the fields and runs alongside Redrose Lane and Chelmsford Road which is also susceptible to flooding and closure and submerging the village green which is inside the Conservation Area. The works necessary to alleviate the ongoing drainage problems have been outstanding for a considerable time and would need to be extensively carried out before any building allowed.
Access to this development, as with 077 Woollard Way, is only by the very narrow Redrose Lane which is totally unable to carry the additional traffic this development would cause.
The total development of Blackmore as proposed in this plan is a total of 116 houses which represent growth of 28.6% which in a village the size of Blackmore constitutes gross overdevelopment.
The local Doctors surgery is already at its full capacity and local residents have to wait 3 to 4 weeks for a routine appointment.
Apart from Kelvedon Hatch none of other parishes in the North and West of the borough have any proposed development at all. In addition Fryerning, Herongate, and Ingrave have no developments proposed either.