Comment

Representation ID: 9524

Received: 10/07/2022

Respondent: Mr Adam Wyatt

As a resident of Wilstead, I am concerned about the local planning proposal. One of the reasons that we moved to the area was the village size and rural aspects.
The Wixam east proposal in in actuality not in the boundary lines of Wixam but rather in the Wilstead boundary, as such it is a misrepresentation of plan. They should account for a legal review at the very least.
The building of these houses will put undue burden on the Wilstead community because we actually do not have the infrastructure that has been set out. Our post office and shop are one and the same and barely support the village as is. No more than 3 people fit in there at a time and would not support another 12,800 houses.
The bus does not provide service to most of the village. The A6 and cotton end road are already single carriageways that are already congested and would create more traffic for another potential 25,600 plus cars if not more on these already busy roads. Traffic as well as pollution would have a negative impact on our community, especially in this time of trying to preserve our planet and reduce carbon emissions and our carbon footprint. The building and construction will also create further congestion as well as more wear and tear on our only road.
There is a school in Wixam that can support their community which has not been allocated to their point system whereas we have had a doctor allocated to us but we no longer have a doctor in the village. The nearest doctor is in Bedford.
We need to preserve our green space and maintain the beauty and integrity of our village, the addition of all these Wixam houses in the parish of Wilstead is both unlawful as well as burdensome for the community that cannot support it.
To make the plan compliant Wixam proposed housing development needs to be built in Wixam’s boundaries not Wilstead.
If these houses are to have proper access for commuting the A6 would need to become a dual carriageway, but that would mean further reduction of our green space, which again would have a negative impact on the air quality and put the young and elderly at risk.
There is no infrastructure set out in this proposed development for shops, doctors, post office, businesses and that would need to be established in order to provide the necessary framework for a community.