Bampton against Aston Road and New Road housing developments
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ron malone
12 years ago
bampton is on a flood plain , bampton will continue to flood as it did in 2007,the shillbrook river is not kept clear. nor are the ditches in bampton.we have many cars garaged on the public highway, very bad bus service ,no cycle paths to carterton or witney , no car shairing , our bus service is under review. no work near bampton , no bus to oxford hospitals , or rail stations , only a very small car park in town . we are a junction for several towns .some nearby towns are also adding to the housing boom . as witney / carterton / brize Norton /wantage , ect this will add to our traffic, then we have schools/ doctors / sewage / water /rainwater run off / the infrastructure is not yet in place to cope with any large housing developments . and who will pay for the maintenance of ponds / swales / ect . can fire engines / couriers/ library van / refuse truck / ect get into the jumble of dwellings that will have no view/ sun / gardens carparking or even garages . and this is a for profit exercise not a benefit for people , by the people . if it was the people should decide not planners or developers , and perhaps it should be for the people. but why not build some garages to get cars off our highways
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JOHN GREEN
12 years ago
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Bampton has contributed enough land for housing over the past years enough is enough no way no more, Bampton is turning into Carterton mark 2 no thanks.
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Raymond Evans
12 years ago
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The approach raods to the shcool are
choked at pickking up and dropping off times to the school..I live in Chandler Close and have to pick my time as it is
to get home or go out..More houses more congestion. Water pressure at
Chandler close is already low at times
more houses less pressure ..No thank you.
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Lis Banham
12 years ago
We have always had growth in Bampton but this huge number of houses will ruin the village in my opinion. It will be swamped and the infrastructure will not cope.
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Jan Bone
12 years ago
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WODC planners have consistently stated that large scale developments such as these are not needed in Bampton and are not sustainable. Nothing has changed since these statements were made, other than pressure by the Government to build on Greenfield sites. We need a small number of houses for our own people, in the right location, not big scale development.
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Trevor Milne-Day
12 years ago
These developments are too big. Why our MP should be keen on them is beyond me. They will mean local people will pay over the odds to middlemen in the Midlands.
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Richard McBrien
12 years ago
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We do need housing in Bampton - but not this many in these locations. We need local housing for local people - not to profit property speculators who live hundreds of miles away.
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ron malone
12 years ago
most of bampton is on a floodplain , its against good practice and planning laws to build on a flood plain . before any attempt to propose more building in bampton a survey should be done of the existing residents views . as our infrastructure is not able to cope with such a large increase in population , cars/ school/ doctors/ village centre parking . a reduced bus service is proposed we already have a poor bus service , we also build and extend several dwellings every year ,we have 2 food shops ,cars parked on the pavements no pedestrian crossing in town centre no evening buses , no work near bampton narrow country roads ,cars parked on bus routes we do not build garages for the cars left on our roads over night , we have no car shairing scheme no cycle lanes . the so called ponds dams water retention methods AS for the so called ATTENUATION PONDS on both developments they must be built with great care , and the required expert supervision which is not cheep . PLUS they (the ponds ) will require very carefull maintenance in the future , so who is going to pay for this , we have no hospital bus service , and an aging population with no doctors home visits . so I suggest to our planners lets look into our existing infrastructure and consider things over a couple of years instead of jumping at a large building programme that is not thought out . and please no more DESK TOP info . lets get on the ground and ask / look /find out about the infrastructure that will give all of use a better quality of life , if you want any more advice please ask me ,
bampton is on a flood plain , bampton will continue to flood as it did in 2007,the shillbrook river is not kept clear. nor are the ditches in bampton.we have many cars garaged on the public highway, very bad bus service ,no cycle paths to carterton or witney , no car shairing , our bus service is under review. no work near bampton , no bus to oxford hospitals , or rail stations , only a very small car park in town . we are a junction for several towns .some nearby towns are also adding to the housing boom . as witney / carterton / brize Norton /wantage , ect this will add to our traffic, then we have schools/ doctors / sewage / water /rainwater run off / the infrastructure is not yet in place to cope with any large housing developments . and who will pay for the maintenance of ponds / swales / ect . can fire engines / couriers/ library van / refuse truck / ect get into the jumble of dwellings that will have no view/ sun / gardens carparking or even garages . and this is a for profit exercise not a benefit for people , by the people . if it was the people should decide not planners or developers , and perhaps it should be for the people. but why not build some garages to get cars off our highways
Bampton has contributed enough land for housing over the past years enough is enough no way no more, Bampton is turning into Carterton mark 2 no thanks.
The approach raods to the shcool are choked at pickking up and dropping off times to the school..I live in Chandler Close and have to pick my time as it is to get home or go out..More houses more congestion. Water pressure at Chandler close is already low at times more houses less pressure ..No thank you.
We have always had growth in Bampton but this huge number of houses will ruin the village in my opinion. It will be swamped and the infrastructure will not cope.
WODC planners have consistently stated that large scale developments such as these are not needed in Bampton and are not sustainable. Nothing has changed since these statements were made, other than pressure by the Government to build on Greenfield sites. We need a small number of houses for our own people, in the right location, not big scale development.
These developments are too big. Why our MP should be keen on them is beyond me. They will mean local people will pay over the odds to middlemen in the Midlands.
We do need housing in Bampton - but not this many in these locations. We need local housing for local people - not to profit property speculators who live hundreds of miles away.
most of bampton is on a floodplain , its against good practice and planning laws to build on a flood plain . before any attempt to propose more building in bampton a survey should be done of the existing residents views . as our infrastructure is not able to cope with such a large increase in population , cars/ school/ doctors/ village centre parking . a reduced bus service is proposed we already have a poor bus service , we also build and extend several dwellings every year ,we have 2 food shops ,cars parked on the pavements no pedestrian crossing in town centre no evening buses , no work near bampton narrow country roads ,cars parked on bus routes we do not build garages for the cars left on our roads over night , we have no car shairing scheme no cycle lanes . the so called ponds dams water retention methods AS for the so called ATTENUATION PONDS on both developments they must be built with great care , and the required expert supervision which is not cheep . PLUS they (the ponds ) will require very carefull maintenance in the future , so who is going to pay for this , we have no hospital bus service , and an aging population with no doctors home visits . so I suggest to our planners lets look into our existing infrastructure and consider things over a couple of years instead of jumping at a large building programme that is not thought out . and please no more DESK TOP info . lets get on the ground and ask / look /find out about the infrastructure that will give all of use a better quality of life , if you want any more advice please ask me ,