Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 1383

Received: 06/02/2019

Respondent: Mr steven parsons

Representation Summary:

Further housing at Loxwood and the immediate villages will not benefit this area. there is no road capacity for cars, the area is already heaving with traffic and there is no immediate rail service
The Sewage system is at full capacity already and many houses have been flooded due to this, surely this is a notable health hazard and the infrastructure should be made to handle more capacity before more houses are built. if the infrastructure can't cope then the developers should have to pay to improve before they build or they can't be allowed to build

Full text:

The villages in this area in particular Loxwood are already struggling with increased housing. Since the building of the Antler development site only last year the traffic on the B2133 is already significantly increased, and this will increase even more once the development at Alfold is completed this year. There is now a significant traffic queue to access the A281 at Loxwood at peak times and there is now always traffic queues at the road outside Alfold Post Office as this is essentially one way due to on street parking.
Since the building of the Antler site at Loxwood there is much more surface water collecting on the main road, and we have all been subject to flooding of waste water and sewage as the infrastructure is now running at full capacity.
Internet speeds have now dropped since the new development because the BT control boxes are now oversubscribed.
There is a significant development being built at Dunsfold Park and already thousands of houses have been built in Cranleigh, all of this area uses the A281 with the B2133 being a main access road down to the south. There is no railway in this whole area, the closest being Billingshurst, and the bus service is minimal, one bus per day.
If more houses are built along the B2133 then the whole area will bring to a halt as there are no other escape routes.