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.