Opposition to homes bid in Sileby
CONCERNS over extra traffic and flooding have greeted a new plan to build 228 houses in Sileby.
Residents and the village parish council have written in to Charnwood Borough Council with their objections.
The opposition say that the village is already over developed and would not be able to take the extra traffic the development would generate.
One letters states: “Sileby village is now more like a town. The infrastructure cannot cope with more traffic.
“When the floods are here, which is so often on Slash Lane, it is already so difficult getting out of the village to get to work, this development could lead to 500 cars and some.
“I pity the people who thought they were buying into a quiet cul-de-sac to now have the thoughts of this upon them.”
The planning application, submitted by Gladman Developments Ltd is for land off Barnards Drive, Sileby.
The developer is seeking outline planning consent for a “high quality sustainable development” for up to 228 dwellings.
It adds that 30 per cent of the homes will be affordable housing, plus the development will have planting landscaping, an informal public open space and children’s play areas.
The application points out that the site of two fields, which are currently used for agriculture, is bound on two sides by housing development.
The site is also outside of the present village boundary, but Gladman states that “the development would represent the next logical step in the expansion of the settlement in this location and would not extend any further northwards than the building line established by the recent Seagrave Park development.”
In a statement the developer also states that it is widely acknowledged that there is a housing crisis in the county, quoting the Government Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Sajid Javid, as saying: “This country doesn’t have enough homes. That’s not a personal opinion or a political calculation. It’s a simple statement of fact.”
But that will cut little ice with residents as one typical objection letter says: “There have been five new housing developments in Sileby in last five years and two others already agreed. Despite this there is no increase in schools, doctors or parking facilities.”