Deadline Tomorrow: Submit Your Comments via this Short Form

Deadline 6th January 2014: 

Complete the form below, or simply email your comments to: developmentcontrol@rushcliffe.gov.uk 

Or complete a paper version and drop it at 15 Clumber Drive by 12pm, 6th January 2014 and we will hand deliver it for you.

Rushcliffe Planning Application Comments Form by Kerry Gough

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

To Whom it May Concern,

I am writing to object about the Shelford Road planning application 13/02329/OUT and the plans to build upon 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, in addition to the huge development at Gamston, 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 
• Negative impact upon the local environment and ecology
• 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. 
• Concern over inability of drains to cope with flooding, given the nature of the ongoing flooding within the village.
• 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. 
• Loss of village life and community appeal.