MPs get long holidays and frankly I don't care how hard they work during "term time". It seems like a good deal. Parish councillors take one month off in August but the work doesn't stop. And sometimes the meetings don't stop.
So, we found ourselves in a meeting of the planning committee (advertised seven days in advance, I might add) at the Methodist Church, to discuss the Central Motors planning application. As blog readers and longer term residents will know this is all about getting firkins into half pint pots and, not surprisingly we're agin it. In other words, it's not the long term allocation of 135 houses on the parish council's preferred location (though not mine) but an access which uses an existing crowded cul de sac and will also accommodate a new school and health centre. Plus parking for Blue Indiya (sic) Cranfield Fish and Chips and Cranfield Chinese Takeaway.
The main reasons we are objecting are the adverse impact on existing Flitt Leys Close residents of 135 homes on top of the planned school and health centre and existing hot food takeaways while there has been no progress on a CBC pledge to tackle existing traffic congestion in Flitt Leys Close.
We disputed the proposal's claim that Flitt Leys Close provided "adequate access" and its suggestion that bus services are adequate.
We believe there will be added pressure on parking from the health centre as most health centre parking places will be taken up by staff.
And there is sure to be inadequate parking per house because of the planners' wildly optimistic assumption that garages will be used for parking. Do you put your car in your garage?
So, we found ourselves in a meeting of the planning committee (advertised seven days in advance, I might add) at the Methodist Church, to discuss the Central Motors planning application. As blog readers and longer term residents will know this is all about getting firkins into half pint pots and, not surprisingly we're agin it. In other words, it's not the long term allocation of 135 houses on the parish council's preferred location (though not mine) but an access which uses an existing crowded cul de sac and will also accommodate a new school and health centre. Plus parking for Blue Indiya (sic) Cranfield Fish and Chips and Cranfield Chinese Takeaway.
"Do you put your car in your garage?"
The main reasons we are objecting are the adverse impact on existing Flitt Leys Close residents of 135 homes on top of the planned school and health centre and existing hot food takeaways while there has been no progress on a CBC pledge to tackle existing traffic congestion in Flitt Leys Close.
We disputed the proposal's claim that Flitt Leys Close provided "adequate access" and its suggestion that bus services are adequate.
We believe there will be added pressure on parking from the health centre as most health centre parking places will be taken up by staff.
And there is sure to be inadequate parking per house because of the planners' wildly optimistic assumption that garages will be used for parking. Do you put your car in your garage?
1 comment:
Have a look at cb/13/02497 on the CBC planning site.
How do we get these proposals that are madness and why are Highways so 'lazy' in allowing them to come forward?
Any further site developments , the school, will absolutely need another access but that would be at OUR cost not the developer!
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