I am not admitting anything - I have valid and reasonable objections. The one bit of information I will give you is that my objections were exactly the same as the other 500 objections, yes I did look through them. If you knew the area you would know the objections because they are quite obvious.

I find it quite laughable that you can put words into my mouth and tell me my objections were sentimental - if you are so desperate to find out what me and the other 500 objectors objected to then go and find out for yourself, the information is there in the public domain.

and your faith in your objections is so strong that you wont post them for scrutiny?

as I said, I'm interested to know what the objections are, but you refuse to tell us, so this thread is effectively dead.

Don't take it personally HWS. Standee has had a morning of being 'bullied' over on the Sin Bin

and the conversation on the Sin Bin is relevant, how?

maybe you should comment on things you know about, like, errr, errrm, no, crack on, otherwise you'll be bored.

I live on Chamberlain Road, and my concern is traffic and congestion.

Beyond that, I guess it does boil down to sentimentality and the inherent greed of some people. What happened to the area is quite sad, and IMO would be a much better development for sports pitches.

At the end of the day Sergi will gain trade in his shop, and so therefore I think that this is more about the community wishes, rather than anything else or personal gain.

how much extra traffic do you think it's going to create, is congestion already a problem?

After a quick Google search, I found this number: 0800 567474.

You may want to give them a call? The number is for an anti-bulling support group who specialise in adults being bullied over internet message boards.

Yep, it gets very bad down there.

fair enough, is Chamberlain Road where there was (is?) a driving text centre, near an Irish Club (if I am thinking of the right place?)

Yes thats the one Standee. Everyone uses it as a cut through.

in which case I can understand the objections, unless Barratts are intending to build some kind of improved road infrastructure, but I can't see (from memory of the area) how that could be achieved?

The only logical extension would be an access road from James Reckitt but I dont think that is possible anyway. Coming from the other sides wont be plausible either.

Is 100 houses, probably a maximum of 200 cars going to make that much of a difference?

Its not like they will all be driving at the same time....

It's not just the extra cars for the homeowners, your looking at extra traffic from a whole host of people (Post/Utilities/Couriers/Waste disposal and many more) in an area where it is bad enough already.

Wright Homes tried that (before they went bust) between 105-107 JRA (iirc). They wanted to purchase the house and flats on either side of a "tenfoot" but the owners wouldn't budge. Same for Woodhall Street (the Farmhouse owner wouldn't sell) and Bibury Close. The only access onto the site is the single track from Chamberlain Road literally a foot or two away from the pedestrian crossing.