Radcliffe Community Meeting: 7.30pm The Trent, Shelford Road, Radcliffe

We are excited to hold our first public Radcliffe Community meeting this evening. We have lots of news to share and plans for action that you can participate in. Our campaign has generated some really beneficial interest from the people that matter, so we need to get together as a community to press home the message that we really want to share.

If there are any amateur photographers planning to attend tonight, please do bring your camera, as we would love to use your images to update the website for those who are unable to attend this evening.

Looking forward to meeting you all tonight for a bit of sociable community action.

Nottingham Post: Rural Action in Action - Some Great News for Us!

Read Dan Russell's full article in today's Nottingham Post detailing Stapleford & Trowell Rural Action Group's (STRAG) successful campaign against Broxtowe Borough Council's plans to build on the Greenbelt land at Field Farm and Eric Pickles MP's response to 'call in' and review the decision.

As a direct result of Dan's initial article yesterday, a few interesting things have happened. We got in touch with the folk at STRAG and they have offered us some solid advice on how we can tackle Rushcliffe Borough Council's plans to build on our own Greenbelt in Radcliffe, and the Campaign to Protect Rural England have similarly offered technical expertise to assist us in our fight.

Three brown fields that once were green... thanks to William Davis Ltd.

And they don't have planning permission yet!

But the best conversation of the week was directly with Nottingham Post journalist, Dan Russell, via Twitter and the support being extended to small communities like ours who are facing widespread Greenbelt devastation.

Don't you just love it when the local press step up to represent community groups like ours.
We love Nottingham Post!

@RadCommunity @Rushcliffe thanks. The full story is in tomorrow. Also online in the morning
— Dan Russell (@DanRussell12000) July 29, 2013

@RadCommunity not a problem. I know @EmilyWinsor is keen to do a story with you if you are hoping for a similar outcome?
— Dan Russell (@DanRussell12000) July 29, 2013

@DanRussell12000 @EmilyWinsor We most certainly are!!!! First public meeting meeting scheduled for Weds, so more to say after that.
— Radcliffe Community (@RadCommunity) July 29, 2013

Success for Stapleford & Trowell Rural Action Group: Eric Pickles MP calls in plan due to 'conflict with national policies'

Stapleford and Trowell Rural Action Group (STRAG) have experienced success in a similar campaign to our own. Announced today, it has been revealed that the plans by Broxtowe Borough Council 'may conflict with national policies' which includes the use of Greenbelt land.

Read the full article here. There is hope!

Mother Nature Bites Back: Soggy Surveyors and Coagulated Mud

Some very wet surveyors and muddy conditions. Oh small joy!

Call to Action: Inspirational Film from Campaign to Protect Rural England

Campaign to Protect Rural England have made a film which acts as a wonderful call to action, please make every effort attend this Wednesday's Community Meeting at The Trent (7.30 for 8pm, 31st July 2013) for a bit of sociable community action.

No armour necessary, just some good spirit, fire in your belly and bit of loose change to buy a drink.

 

With over 1600 site visitors to our site here's a little celebratory dance for you...

But...

as the archaeological survey work continues in William Davis Ltd.'s preparation for planning application submission, it makes us feel deeply sympathetic for Treebeard's Last March of the Ents in The Lord of the Rings (c) Twentieth Century Fox

Radcliffe Community Public Meeting: 7.30pm Weds, 31st July 2013 Radcliffe Needs Your Help

It is official. We have our first Radcliffe on Trent community public meeting scheduled for Weds, 31st July 2013 at The Trent, Shelford Road, Radcliffe on Trent and we need your help. Across our village, it has very quickly emerged that we have a shared skillset and expertise that places us in good stead to get our voices heard as a community.

We are undoubtedly passionate folk and this morning we have had our 1400th visitor to the website. Not bad considering that we only started our fact-finding and myth-busting mission just under a month ago. It is uplifting to see how many people have enquired about getting involved. What a wonderful shared community spirit we have! Let's keep our village the way we know and love. Please share this invitation with anyone and everyone you can think of. This will be the first of many meetings, but in the first instance let's meet up and see what we can do if we put our heads together.

 'Together, ordinary people can achieve extraordinary results.' Becka Schoettle

Radcliffe on Trent Community Greenbelt Meeting 31 July 2013 by RadcliffeCommunity

What You Can Do: Action Update 27 July 2013

Your voice is key to saving our Greenbelt land at Radcliffe on Trent. Indifference and inertia will result in a loss of our Greenbelt. Act now.

What you can do:

Sign our Petition
In the first instance, sign our Greenbelt petition here.

Complete the William Davis Ltd. Questionnaire: Deadline 1st August 2013 
You should now complete the William Davis Ltd. 'Public Exhibition Questionnaire, which can be found here.

Please be aware that no planning permission has yet been approved, and although William Davis Ltd. are the only ones who will see or make use of your comments in this instance, you can still make your feelings known on the subject in preparation for the opening of Rushcliffe Borough Council's own public consultation.

Write to your Rushcliffe Councillors (currently this will have the most impact)
You can write to our Radcliffe on Trent Councillors at the following addresses:

Mrs Jean Audrey Smith
The Old School House, Main Street, Cropwell Butler, Nottingham NG12 3AB

Tel: 0115 933 3616

Email: Cllr.JSmith@rushcliffe.gov.uk 

(Jonathan) Neil Clarke
The Old Barn, Hickling, Leicestershire LE14 3AJ

Tel: 0115 914 8277

Email: Cllr.JClarke@rushcliffe.gov.uk 

(James) Eddie Fearon
19 Orford Avenue, Radcliffe on Trent NG12 2DD
Tel: 0115 9334217
Email: Cllr.jfearon@rushcliffe.gov.uk

David Vincent Smith
85 Whitworth Drive, Radcliffe on Trent NG12 2ER
Tel: 0115 9334786
Email: Cllr.dsmith@rushcliffe.gov.uk

Write to Radcliffe on Trent Parish Council (while ROTPC have minimal impact, they are consulted on decisions to develop our Greenbelt, ultimately Rushcliffe Borough Council will make the decisions on our Greenbelt)

You can raise your concerns with Radcliffe on Trent Parish Council here: 

The Grange, Vicarage Lane, Radcliffe on Trent, Nottingham, NG12 2FB

Email: clerk@rotpc.com

Write to our MP Kenneth Clarke 
In addition, you can write to your MP Kenneth Clark here.
Or at:
Rushcliffe House, 17/19 Rectory Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 6BE
Tel: 0115 981 7224
Email: office@rushcliffeconservatives.com
Or,
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4528
Email: clarkek@parliament.uk
We need to make our feelings as a community clear to all of those involved in the decision making process.

Suggested Content 
While a personalised letter of complaint will have the most impact, here is a template letter based upon the shared concerns raised by our community at Radcliffe on Trent.

To Whom it May Concern,

I am writing this letter to object about Rushcliffe Borough Council's plans to build on the Greenbelt land around Radcliffe on Trent.

With 1000 houses recently green-lit by Rushcliffe Borough Council within neighbouring Bingham, and an additional 500 houses approved in Newton, members of the Radcliffe community have raised their concerns over the pressure upon village life and its community.

The key objections raised by our Radcliffe on Trent community include:

• Objections to the identification of Green Belt land as a suitable place to build.
• Concerns were raised over the drastic decrease in property values for Radcliffe residents who had paid a premium for the views across the Green Belt.
• The increased pressure on an already heavily congested A52 and the additional impact that the approved plans for 1000 houses in Bingham would have.
• The same is the case of the 500 houses approved at Newton.
• The increased traffic through the village as a 'rat-run' as a result of the proposed roundabout at the top end of Shelford Road and suggested link through to the A52.
• Increased pressure on Shelford Road due to the impact of the existing plans to build 400 homes by William Davis Ltd. The lack of link to the A52 will result in all traffic from the site travelling down Shelford Road. This is unacceptable to our community. 
• Pressure on the village centre with a lack of adequate parking.
• Pressure on the heath centre and the increasing difficulty of access to essential services.  
• Concerns were raised over the already stretched capacities of Radcliffe on Trent Infant School and Radcliffe on Trent Junior School and the influx that a potential 2055 additional new homes would bring to the village community. 
• Concern over inability of drains to cope with flooding, given the nature of the ongoing flooding within the village.
• Additional anxieties were raised over policing and the reduction of police presence in Radcliffe on Trent with the closure of the police station. 
• Loss of village life and community appeal.  

We do not want this additional housing and we are against the development of Greenbelt land as a site for housing. Once our Greenbelt land is lost, it is lost forever. 

If we have missed anything off please drop us an email at: radcliffecommunity@gmail.com

Campaign to Protect Rural England 
Sign the Campaign to Protect Rural England petition here.

William Davis Ltd. 'Public Consultation' and Plans to Build on our Greenbelt: 1st August Deadline

It was good to see so many members of the Radcliffe on Trent community participate in the 'public consultation' with William Davis Ltd. on the 18th July 2013. Like all good public speakers, William Davis Ltd. put on a good show about their plans and how they intend to be sympathetic to the needs of the village. It was also reassuring to hear how many of you held them to account on a whole host of issues that will have an impact upon our village community in Radcliffe on Trent. However, as a community we need to be wary of such 'public consultations' for the reasons outlined below.

Radcliffe on Trent William Davis Ltd Greenbelt Consultation Meeting July 2013

Part of the strategy for holding such 'public consultations' as the one held recently by William Davis Ltd. is to ensure that that they have fulfilled some of the initial stages of community consultation in order to place them in a more favourable position to gain planning permission. So, in speaking with us, and holding sessions such as this, when they put their application in they can state how they have consulted with the community, and will then look at some of the concerns raised to see how they can address them in order to gain planning permission. Do not be fooled.

William Davis Ltd Shelford Road Greenbelt Plans and Comments

In addition, while giving us an opportunity to complete their 'Public Exhibition Questionnaire', part of the rationale behind this is to garner opinion so that they can recognise where the points of conflict are so that they can be addressed in a way that makes it more likely for them to gain planning permission, but also to allow you let of steam and complain while you are angry.

 This has two significant results; i) you feel as though you have had your say on the matter and that your concerns will be listened to and ii) it helps in generating survey fatigue in members of the community. The direct impact here is that when Rushcliffe Borough Council begin their own public consultation, which is the one that really matters as they are the decision-makers, the Radcliffe on Trent community will feel as though they have already had their say and so not bother to register their concerns with Rushcliffe Borough Council. 

So what do we do? By all means complete the William Davis Ltd.'s 'Public Exhibition Questionnaire' (available below) and make your concerns about the plans to build on our greenbelt very clear, however do be aware that this information will be used by William Davis Ltd. to develop their application for planning permission. The only people who will see your comments will be William Davis Ltd. However, it is our recommendation that you see this as a rehearsal for the complains that we will need to put in to Rushcliffe Borough Council. So by all means complete the form below and return it via the methods outlined on the form. The deadline for this is 1st August 2013.

William Davis Ltd Radcliffe on Trent Shelford Road Greenbelt Survey

A copy of this can be down loaded for completion by clicking on the link above.

Sunday Times Article Discusses Threat to the Greenbelt Across the Country

The article below discusses the plight faced by our Greenbelt across the country. This is quite scary considering that developers are targeting developments across the country on designated Greenbelt land. It is high time we stood up to this as a community on Radcliffe on Trent. Details of a Radcliffe Community meeting to follow this weekend

Sunday Times Article Discussing Greenbelt Destruction

No Plans Submitted, No Greenbelt Review, Yet Preparatory Work is Underway

As we sit planning the next stage of our community complaint about the review to our Greenbelt land at Radcliffe on Trent, work has already begun in the Shelford Road end of the village. 

This is curious considering that this site is still designated Greenbelt land and as yet no plans have been submitted to Rushcliffe Borough Council for planning permission. This film was taken at 10am this morning (22nd July 2013), only 4 days after William Davis conducted a public presentation in which a large turn-out of the Radcliffe on Trent community made their feelings about the imposition on our Greenbelt land very clear. We do not want these houses building on our Greenbelt.

630 Visitors to Our Site, but you need to complete our petition

We have had loads of traffic through our site, with our 630th visitor popping along tonight. Welcome to our site.

However while this is great news, we really need you to fill out our petition here. 

Examination of the Rushcliffe Local Plan Temporarily Suspended, until Greenbelt Review Completed

Rushcliffe Borough Council's examination of the Rushcliffe Local Plan has been temporarily suspended until completion of the Greenbelt review. As a community in Radcliffe on Trent, we have not been advised of the review to our Greenbelt land.

And yet, while the Greenbelt review is well under way and due to close in 26 days, William Davis homes are planning a public consultation meeting on land that is, as yet, still designated Greenbelt land.

This is by far a done deal and if we are to be successful as a community, we need to be very clear about our feelings here.

It is of key concern that William Davis homes are planning a Public Consultation when, as yet, no plans for development have been published on the Rushcliffe Borough Council website. No planning permission has been approved, so if you want Radcliffe community to remain the quiet village that we know and love, then we need to make a stand as a community.

What you can do:
Attend the 'Public Consultation' by William Davis homes
Thurs, 18th July 2013: 3-7pm
St Mary's Hall, Main Road, Radcliffe in Trent

Make our feelings as a community clear to those in attendance

With 1000 houses recently green-lit by Rushcliffe Borough Council within neighbouring Bingham, and an additional 500 houses approved in Newton, members of the Radcliffe community have raised their concerns over the pressure upon village life and its community. Approval for the 1000 homes planned for Bingham can be found on the Rushcliffe Borough Council's website here. The extensive plans can be found on pages 10-65 of this document.

Further objections raised include:

• Objections to the identification of Green Belt land as a suitable place to build.
• Concerns were raised over the drastic decrease in property values for Radcliffe residents who had paid a premium for the views across the Green Belt.
• The increased pressure on an already heavily congested A52 and the additional impact that the approved plans for 1000 houses in Bingham would have.
• The same is the case of the 500 houses approved at Newton.
• The increased traffic through the village as a 'rat-run' as a result of the proposed roundabout at the top end of Shelford Road and suggested link through to the A52.
• Pressure on the village centre with a lack of adequate parking.
• Pressure on the heath centre and the increasing difficulty of access to essential services.  
• Concerns were raised over the already stretched capacities of Radcliffe on Trent Infant School and Radcliffe on Trent Junior School and the influx that a potential 2055 additional new homes would bring to the village community. 
• Additional anxieties were raised over policing and the reduction of police presence in Radcliffe on Trent with the closure of the police station. 

Your voice is key to this. Indifference and inertia will result in a loss of our Greenbelt.

Review of Rushcliffe Greenbelt Ends in 26 Days, We Are Still waiting to hear from Rushcliffe Local Development Office

We have been in touch with Rushcliffe Borough Council to ask why we have not been informed about the Rushcliffe Greenbelt Review that is currently ongoing. Having discovered the Greenbelt Review as a part of the Rushcliffe Plan by accident whilst hunting the council website for details on the plans to build up to 2055 houses, we contacted the council on 6th July to raise our concerns over the Rushcliffe Community Plan, the review of our Greenbelt land and the lack of consultation with the Radcliffe on Trent Community thus far.

We asked them on 6th July to confirm their plans to distribute this information to the general public. They are as yet to get back in touch. Considering that this review is already well under way, having opened on 17 June 2013, this is rather worrying. If we are to really have our say as a community, then we should know something about this already, not stumble upon it when it is already half way through what is supposed to be the public consultation phase.

As of today, there are only 26 days of this consultation phase remaining, despite the fact that it started 26 days ago. We are now half way through a public consultation phase that we are as yet to be consulted on.

We contacted the Council again yesterday to follow this up, but as we are still waiting a response on this specific issue, despite making this initial request a week ago, we will update you as soon as we hear anything.

What you can do: Contact the council directly via email on at: localdevelopment@rushcliffe.gov.uk to ask them when they are planning to share this information with our community at Radcliffe on Trent and make sure that you sign our petition here. It takes less than 20 seconds to complete.

Land situated along A52 still up for sale

It would appear that not all of the land that has been earmarked for building in the Radcliffe area has been purchased yet. One of the sites is still up for grabs with Savills. See the link here. If anyone has any evidence of the sale of the other plots, send us the link at: radcliffecommunity@gmail.com and we will share it on the site.

Only one week in and we have had 410 visitors to our site!

Clearly we are not alone in the strength of our feeling about our Greenbelt land at Radcliffe on Trent. In the week since this website was started we have had 410 visitors. The internet is a powerful thing, but do please remember to inform those within our community without the internet about the activities that we are undertaking here. We are looking into sites in the village where we can leave hard copies of our updates in order that the information that we are providing here is accessible to all.

Our next job is to dissect the Rushcliffe Greenbelt Review as a part of their Rushcliffe Plan and the Rushcliffe Core Strategy with its further proposals for housing development, to identify exactly what this means for the community at Radcliffe on Trent. Our ambition here is to relay this information in condensed and relatable terms that we can all understand.

Please keep up the good work in sharing our sites and pages.

Missed the Collection of Your Survey? Don't Panic!

Some Radcliffe community members have missed the collection of Your Survey organised by the Radcliffe on Trent Community Group.

Don't worry

Alternative methods of submitting your form have been made available so that you can have your say:

• You can still complete this online here
• You can submit your completed survey via the collection box at National Dry Cleaners at 14A Main Road, Radcliffe on Trent
• Or, you can bring it to Radcliffe on Trent Carnival to exchange it for a balloon on Saturday 13th July 2013

Rushcliffe Borough Council are now following us on Twitter

Rushcliffe Borough Council are now following us on Twitter, so sign up for Twitter and follow us here.
We will retweet your messages and pass them directly to Rushcliffe Borough Council. They have just retweet the link to our Facebook page to their followers. Thanks for the support @Rushcliffe.

In other news we have also sent links for our campaign to East Midlands Today, BBC Radio Nottingham and The Guardian Environment section.

Next phase of our activity to follow later on today.
Remember the deadline for the Greenbelt consultation period ends on 9th August, so we have a busy few weeks ahead of us.

But as Rushcliffe Borough Council are now following us, follow @RadCommunity to tweet all about it, and we will retweet your concerns.

Rushcliffe Local Plan: Greenbelt Under Review

A Greenbelt review of the Rushcliffe Area was made available for public consultation on 17 June 2013 and will run until 9th August, not the 19th August as originally stated in the Radcliffe Parish Council meeting on 1st July. The public consultation period is open NOW, not that we would have known it. This is rather frustrating considering that we only have a month to have our say on plans that as yet, we have been unable to see. At the Rushcliffe Parish Council meeting of 1st July 2013, it was claimed that the Rushcliffe Local Plan would be available on the Parish Council Website. We have requested access to that and unfortunately it is still not available. They are looking into the technical difficulties, but in the meantime, a copy of this can be found at the Rushcliffe Borough Council website here.

While the Radcliffe on Trent Community Plan that we have all recently completed is important, this has no sway over the decision that Rushcliffe Borough Council will take on the future of our Greenbelt. However this will help our Parish Councillors in Radcliffe on Trent to get a good sense of the community's feelings on the matter and to make recommendations on our behalf. However, to be effective as a community we need to take up our own opportunity to respond. This is available to us via the Rushcliffe Borough Council's website here. This will have an impact upon all members of the Radcliffe on Trent community as the proposals are to cut back our Greenbelt. The designated area for public response is available here.

A response to the Rushcliffe Local Plan online via the Rushcliffe Borough Council's website is the approved format for lobbying against the proposed reduction of our Greenbelt, however a paper copy is available here to download. They have requested submissions online, but will accept the submission of downloaded paper versions by post. 

At present, the most important thing that you can do in reaction to the plans to review our Greenbelt in Radcliffe is to express your voice via the Rushcliffe Borough Council approved methods available here.

This will have an impact upon all members of the Radcliffe on Trent community and this is our opportunity to respond as a community and express our views over the protection of the Greenbelt and proposed plans to build on it. The proposals to cut back our Greenbelt and designated area for public response are available here.

Proposed Sites for in Excess of 400 Houses: This Extends to 2055 houses

The proposed sites for building in and around Radcliffe can be identified below. From the sheer scale of this proposal, if these proposed plans are approved as they stand by Rushcliffe Borough Council, Radcliffe on Trent will grow by almost a third in size. While the proposals state a 'minimum of 400 homes', the reality is far more extensive as detailed below.

The highlighted areas under proposal include plans to build 2055 houses. This is extraordinary when considering the already heavily congested A52, the over-subscribed primary schools and our health centres inability to cope with the demand placed upon it by the current residents of Radcliffe on Trent. These sites are detailed as follows.

Site A 72 houses: Bell's Field North of Grantham Way, East of Hudson Way
Site B 1000 houses: North of Grantham Road, East of Bell's Field
Site C 87 houses: The Paddocks, South of Nottingham Road
Site D 51 houses: by Groom's Cottage, Shelford Road, East of Clumber Drive
Site E 285 houses: North of Nottingham, by RSCPA
Site F 560 houses: land at Shelford Road Farm, adjacent to site D

Totalling 2055 houses. These proposed plans will completely change the nature of our village and close-knit community.

There are already plans agreed to develop 1000 houses in Bingham, a Tesco store in Bingham (Insert Ref: 10/01853/FUL) and 500 houses in Newton are due for approval in the immediate future (Insert Ref: 10/02105/OUT). What is important to recognise is that while these plans are already approved (or about to be approved in the case of the site at Newton) the full impact of these houses have not yet been felt on the local community, its transport links or health and leisure amenities.

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Countdown to Rushcliffe Plan and End of Greenbelt Public Consultation

COUNTDOWN WIDGETS

Initial Rejection of Proposed Plans for Area North of A52: It's not over yet though

Although an initial phase of plans have been rejected by Rushcliffe Borough Council, this decision is not yet final. In these situations, the usual case is that the rejected plans will be revised and adapted to accommodate the initial opposition. As this plot of land is under consideration once more, please be vigilent and keep an eye on the Rushcliffe Borough Council website for new applications going in. The decision documents are in the public realm and can be found on the Rushcliffe Borough Council site here.

To view these plans, you need to enter the Application Code: 12/01268/OUT

Radcliffe Parish Council opposed these plans on our behalf and we thank them for that. Although somewhat troubling is the fact that only 9 members of the public raised objections. If we stand back and let them build on our Greenbelt at Radcliffe on Trent, then it is our own fault. Our local government and council is there to serve and represent us, but they can only represent us if they know how we feel about these plans as a community.

Our Councillors for the Manvers Ward are:

(James) Eddie Fearon
Party: Conservative
Ward: Manvers
Address: 19 Orford Avenue
Radcliffe on Trent
NG12 2DD
Tel: 0115 9334217
Email: Cllr.jfearon@rushcliffe.gov.uk

David Vincent Smith
Party: Conservative
Ward: Manvers
Address: 85 Whitworth Drive
Radcliffe on Trent
NG12 2ER
Email: Cllr.dsmith@rushcliffe.gov.uk

Radcliffe Greenbelt Under Threat: The Plans to Develop

UPDATE: Greenbelt Consultation Ends on 9th August 2013, not 19th August 2013

This short film gives you a sense of the scale of the plans proposed for the Shelford Road end of the village. 

All of this Green Belt land will be gone forever, unless we act to publicly express our concerns.
In the first instance, complete your Radcliffe on Trent Community Plan Survey plan.

Immediate Action Required: Complete your Radcliffe Community Plan Survey - deadline 5th July online & 6th/7th July doorstep

In the first instance the immediate action that is required for our community to have an initial say into the proposed developments to build upon Radcliffe on Trent's Green Belt land is to complete the
Radcliffe on Trent Community Plan survey. 

The survey, according to guidance provided by the Radcliffe on Trent Parish Council gives an "opportunity for everyone living in the Parish of Radcliffe on Trent to be involved in improving the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of our village." Complete the survey and make your voice count.

Concerns over Plans to Build on Radcliffe's Greenbelt Confirmed

This evening's Radcliffe on Trent Parish Council Planning and Environment Committee meeting was bookended with a presentation and much discussion about the recently revealed proposition to build 400 homes on Radcliffe on Trent's designated greenbelt.

With 1000 homes recently green-lit by Rushcliffe Borough Council within neighbouring Bingham, members of the public in attendance raised their concerns over the pressure upon village life and its community. Approval for the 1000 homes planned for Bingham can be found on the Rushcliffe Borough Council's website here. The extensive plans can be found on pages 10-65 of this document.

The latest phase of development plans for Rushcliffe concerns our community in Radcliffe on Trent. As a part of the initial consultation, parishioners and residents of Radcliffe on Trent raised a number of concerns at the proposals identified. These included:

• Objections to the identification of Green Belt land as a suitable place to build.
• Concerns were raised over the drastic decrease in property values for Radcliffe residents who had paid a premium for the views across the Green Belt.
• The increased pressure on an already heavily congested A52 and the additional impact that the approved plans for 1000 houses in Bingham would have.
• The same is the case of the 500 houses approved at Newton.
• The increased traffic through the village as a 'rat-run' as a result of the proposed roundabout at the top end of Shelford Road and suggested link through to the A52.
• Pressure on the village centre with a lack of adequate parking.
• Pressure on the heath centre and the increasing difficulty of access to essential services.  
• Concerns were raised over the already stretched capacities of Radcliffe on Trent Infant School and Radcliffe on Trent Junior School and the influx that a potential 2055 additional new homes would bring to the village community. 
• Additional anxieties were raised over policing and the reduction of police presence in Radcliffe on Trent with the closure of the police station.