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Representation ID: 9545

Received: 17/07/2022

Respondent: Andrew Shenton

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Duty to co-operate? Not specified

I wish to object to the proposal for more housing to be built on green space land to the South and East of the Wixams development. The reason I find the proposals outrageous, is because the original plan for Wixams included land for more housing, yet just 6 years ago the Council approved a request from the developer to change the use of this land from housing to commercial use. Several large distribution centres now occupy this site, resulting in an articulated vehicle driving through the village at a rate of one every two minutes. These slow, heavy vehicles have already impacted and caused damage to the surrounding roads and clog up the A6 and help to pollute the area. Plastic waste along A6 road verges next to Wixams has increased noticeably. Its an embarrassment to the town.

This knee jerk approach to long term planning policy will result in an urban sprawl, lacking infrastructure, further polluting the environment and decimating green space and the few bits of wildlife we have left.