Another application has been submitted for a potential 175 dwellings on Asher Lane, Ruddington. Submitted by the same developer as the 250 dwelling application 2 years ago (which was withdrawn following over 900 objections).
The new application, stipulates a smaller number of houses but fails to address any of the issues previously raised by residents. With this in mind, the same support from our Parish Council and the residents; as a community we are in a good place to once again stop this application in its tracks.
Therefore we urge everyone who previously objected to do so again and encourage their friends and neighbours to support the cause.
Deadline is 1st February 2017
Any objections must be made directly to the borough council here: Click here to submit your objections to the council.
On what grounds are residents objecting?
There are many different reasons why people are objecting to this application. Here is a sample of some of the reasons provided by residents two years ago and over the past few days. You can use these to help you submit your comments.
- A short notice period for comments provided
- This is green belt land – one of the few truly rural areas left within the village boundaries
- Traffic through the village is already really bad, access to this estate would be via the village centre and down Asher Lane which is already single file traffic and would affect the existing residents negatively not to mention emergency vehicles. Any suggestions for limited parking along Asher Lane would be unfair on existing residents.
- The rail track is regulatory used (which the developer claims is ‘disused’) and would cause a lot of noise for the new estate – which could lead to the rail track and heritage centre being closed
- The local kennels could also prove to be too noisy for the new estate – again could be forced to close
- Local schools are unable to cater for additional families (already at breaking point)
- GP appointment waiting times are regularly around 3 weeks already
- This is a rural landscape which supports a variety of wild life
- Ruddington simply cannot take any more houses despite the allocated number we have to build by 2028
- The ownership of the road accessing the site is still unknown – and the developer would look to take ownership – which could cause country park, allotment, local business and farm access issues.
Any objections must be made directly to the borough council here: Click here to submit your objections to the council.
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