The Central Motors application for 135 houses accessed via a back passage called Flitt Leys Close was passed by CBC development control yesterday. The committee split roughly 2 to 1.
Roger Baker spoke on behalf of the Parish Council to oppose it on the basis of poor access. Roger told last night's Parish council meeting that the discussion went on for over an hour. Officers had promised a plan to solve all the problems (present and future hopefully). Parish Council chair Delise Ball said the officers' view was that the parish council and residents couldn't decide what they wanted.
She added: "We told them to do what is necessary and we will go with it" and said that sustainable communities executive lead Cllr Nigel Young had promised to liaise with the PC over alternative accesses especially for the school.
I won't hold my breath.
The difficulties emerged a year ago when CBC revealed that the development brief for the site included a school, something which we have never been consulted on. After years of pathetic education expansion earmarked for Home Farm (the playing field) an equally inaccessible location had been identified and CBC was driving it through.
Simultaneous to this were the continuing problems for residents in the existing Flitt Leys Close caused by the hot food outlets and parking by users.
It's what might be called a lose-lose situation.
Roger Baker spoke on behalf of the Parish Council to oppose it on the basis of poor access. Roger told last night's Parish council meeting that the discussion went on for over an hour. Officers had promised a plan to solve all the problems (present and future hopefully). Parish Council chair Delise Ball said the officers' view was that the parish council and residents couldn't decide what they wanted.
She added: "We told them to do what is necessary and we will go with it" and said that sustainable communities executive lead Cllr Nigel Young had promised to liaise with the PC over alternative accesses especially for the school.
I won't hold my breath.
The difficulties emerged a year ago when CBC revealed that the development brief for the site included a school, something which we have never been consulted on. After years of pathetic education expansion earmarked for Home Farm (the playing field) an equally inaccessible location had been identified and CBC was driving it through.
Simultaneous to this were the continuing problems for residents in the existing Flitt Leys Close caused by the hot food outlets and parking by users.
It's what might be called a lose-lose situation.
