Clarebabes

What defences or arguments could you use to object to a massive 2,500 house development being built on your doorstep? Obviously view etc. doesn't cut it, but what does?

Clarebabes

Apparently a new primary school is going to be built, ahem, proposed to be built. No mention of doctors or dentists. It seems like a foregone conclusion. This has been bubbling for a couple of years now. I feel sick it's going to happen

psyops

Japanese Knotweed. Sprinkle seeds liberally around the whole development plot.

And good on you for taking a stand, not like that whinger Bravotoowhinging.

Clarebabes

They are building a new road which is not dual carriageway and has a 40mph limit

But for 2,500 houses! That's mad!

what would scooby do

That will get thrown out immediately..

what would scooby do

It's quite hard these days to get a stop to development. Even with hundreds of objectors they can still push it through.

Clarebabes

I am not a NIMBY, this is just ridiculous!

Only one plus is that with all these overpriced new builds going up, my house may actually go up in value!

unclebuck

Stop unchecked immigration. There wouldn't be a shortage of housing then.

Bubba po

Don't be silly. You can house twenty of those in one terraced property! Their presence would hardly impact at all.

Tidgy

traffic levels unsuatable for area (developer will be told to sort them but can end up being cost prohibative), green field site (thats a good one if you can get some of the green bods involved), lack of schools for extra kids, not enough doctors, dentist etc etc

Simon C

Nothing helped my parents The home sec over rulled the planning board who turned it down. Now my parents have 2, 3 story houses overlooking them and a beautifull view of the estates gates out of the living room window.

The house is now going to be a bugger to sell.


The biggest bain you can do is insist on the building site keep all the roads clean etc and complain ever time they break the conditions of building.

unclebuck

Nasty. Them's some BIG hoses.

LG John

First of all stop splitting up with your partner and stop desiring new build houses and broken family units. That way we won't need to build any more houses

On the basis we do though I suggest you dig out your local plan and check what the land site subject of the application is allocated for. I'd be VERY surprised if a development of that scale is speculative in which case the council will have made it clear in the development plan (I think you english have different names for your plans now) that they veiw this as an area to accomodate housing growth. They have no choice but to do this - they are required to establish a 5 year land supply to accomodate growth. If the land is allocated for housing you are faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar to late to argue on the principle of housing. In that case you should look at the specifics such as layout, design, etc, etc. As for effects on services your local council will almost certainly factored that in and will secure a package of planning gain to provide for these things. That might involve the developer actually building a school, etc or may involve payment of a commuted sum per house built so the Council so that they can provide them - either way it won't be overlooked and little timmy can still go to school and the doctors

Sucks, but they have to go somewhere until we re-establish the family unit and decrease birth rate or increase death rate to reduce the requirement to expand our housing stock.

Simon C

Har har very funny not.

Sorry but the govt and kendrick homes really have pi55ed everyone off with these.

My only consolation is that they sunk, yes sunk 2, 20 ton earth movers cos their building on peat. They causes so much damage to the cats, that the hire company refused to hire to them again!

That and when I went home last time, they had water within the foundation walls under what will be the first floor.

unclebuck

They ran over the cats too. Cat crushing hoses.... where will it end...

Bubba po

Rabbit-hunting horses?

KiwiGTI

At an average sale price of £250k, that development will be worth £625 million. There is no chance they'll listen to the odd whinger.

Nate

iTrader: (2)

Was going to say exactly as said above, a development of 2500 houses = 1 very big backhand payment to someone , and unfortunately for you WILL go through, one way or another ....... Too much money involved not to go through.

Leslie

Unfortunately what Nate says is almost certainly right, and if you did get it stopped, Two ****'s office will overrule it anyway. We have few actual rights left anymore now. Except the vote-for the time beimg anyway!

Les

what would scooby do

Have you looked into the possibility of buying ransom strips ?

Very hard to do these days but worth a look just in case..

Fuzz

Wait until it's built....

Sell the house and move then.

AudiLover

Wheres your location?

Clarebabes

Does it matter? Anyone that knows me, knows where I live

Jamie

I know where you live but that is not important well the town

Clarebabes

I'm sure anyone with an ounce of grey matter could find out

Jamie

But not audilover

Clarebabes

You said it, I didn't

thesyn

"Discover" an endangered species on the site of the develpopment, should slow them up surveys etc