Comment

Representation ID: 9840

Received: 28/07/2022

Respondent: Mr Roger Mant

Whilst appreciating the need for housing I am concerned about the expansion of Wixams towards Wilstead. In particular the area showing 1800 houses to the East of Wixams and the A6 and is being called the Wixam’s Extension.
This is also in the area/boundary currently allocated to the Wilstead Parish Council.
One can only assume that the desire is to swallow Wilstead up.
Also this is prime farming land and with this country needing to think seriously about home grown produce. Is this a wise move.

The subsequent increase in traffic and the current use as a cut through to the large warehousing facilities near wixams, this is taking away the rural atmosphere of this popular village.
Living on Cotton End Road for over 40 years I can only say that too many think it’s a racetrack being so straight. 6 accidents we know of in the time here, the good fortune being no one has been seriously injured. Average speed camera’s are a necessity with the extra traffic that is merely using the village to get from the A600 to the A6

Shortstown has its houses and 1000 more to be added there.
Land South of Wixams is 300 houses. Looking at the map, then Wilstead will soon be completely swallowed up.

Wilstead is not a keyservice centre and should not qualify for such a development.

We do not have a Doctors Surgery at all and such an increase is going to put a huge requirement on the area.