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Germany Beck Site - We object strongly to the application for approx. 700 homes
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We wish to object very strongly to the above application.
Flooding, traffic volume, and air quality are of huge concern and this development in this area cannot be justified. An Air Quality Management area along Fulford Main Street has been in force since 2006. The additional traffic volume will only seek to exacerbate this situation. At peak times the A19 is already at over capacity with traffic backing up onto the slip road leading from A64. The development allows for 2.25 parking spaces per household. Add in buses, delivery vans and other services and that could lead to well over 1600 vehicles. There really is nowhere for them all to go, Fulford Road is already at capacity. The other road exit/entrance point is located at the very end of Low Moor Avenue. Currently a quiet cul de sac leading into other quiet cul de sacs. These roads cannot cope with this increase in traffic volume either and they all filter into Heslington Lane.
There can be no justification for building in the flood plain. Across the country we can see many examples of new developments being flooded due to climate change and the increasing unpredictability of the weather.After the serious flooding in 2000, developments were not to be permitted on ground that flooded. The area around Germany Beck floods every year and we are concerned that the development and the measures put in to prevent flooding of the new development will move flood water to other areas of the City, causing flooding problems elsewhere. There are already residents in Fulford unable to obtain insurance because of flood risk.
The Conservation Area was extended in 2008 to include the area where the road junction and raised road would be located yet this development would do permanent harm to the village of Fulford. Surely the point of a Conservation Area is to protect the area from harm such as this.
There is more evidence that the Battle of Fulford took place in this area. This is an extremely significant event and the site should be preserved for posterity.
There are many other, more appropriate, brownfield sites across the city that have been made available, and which could be used for development.
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April 12, 2013
The developers trying to bury us in concrete under the guise of progress are officially feeling the heat. This momentum proves that greed does not get to override the safety of our homes and the realities of our flood plains.
Reached 100 supporters
April 12, 2013
7 Comments
The A19 is already a total nightmare every single morning. adding 700 more houses is just asking for gridlock. madness.
LEAVE THE GREEN BELT ALONE. FULFORD ISNT A CAR PARK.
My kids walk to school down these roads and the extra traffic will make it so dangerous. please stop this build.
Living near the beck for 20 years and I remember the floods. you cant just build on a flood plain and hope for the best.
Traffic on the A64 slip road is bad enough as it is. this plan is completely unsustainable for the local infrastructure.
I am wholly against this development on a notorious flood plain
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Germany Beck Site - We object strongly to the application for approx. 700 homes
Final supporters
We wish to object very strongly to the above application.
Flooding, traffic volume, and air quality are of huge concern and this development in this area cannot be justified. An Air Quality Management area along Fulford Main Street has been in force since 2006. The additional traffic volume will only seek to exacerbate this situation. At peak times the A19 is already at over capacity with traffic backing up onto the slip road leading from A64. The development allows for 2.25 parking spaces per household. Add in buses, delivery vans and other services and that could lead to well over 1600 vehicles. There really is nowhere for them all to go, Fulford Road is already at capacity. The other road exit/entrance point is located at the very end of Low Moor Avenue. Currently a quiet cul de sac leading into other quiet cul de sacs. These roads cannot cope with this increase in traffic volume either and they all filter into Heslington Lane.
There can be no justification for building in the flood plain. Across the country we can see many examples of new developments being flooded due to climate change and the increasing unpredictability of the weather.After the serious flooding in 2000, developments were not to be permitted on ground that flooded. The area around Germany Beck floods every year and we are concerned that the development and the measures put in to prevent flooding of the new development will move flood water to other areas of the City, causing flooding problems elsewhere. There are already residents in Fulford unable to obtain insurance because of flood risk.
The Conservation Area was extended in 2008 to include the area where the road junction and raised road would be located yet this development would do permanent harm to the village of Fulford. Surely the point of a Conservation Area is to protect the area from harm such as this.
There is more evidence that the Battle of Fulford took place in this area. This is an extremely significant event and the site should be preserved for posterity.
There are many other, more appropriate, brownfield sites across the city that have been made available, and which could be used for development.
Updates
April 12, 2013
The developers trying to bury us in concrete under the guise of progress are officially feeling the heat. This momentum proves that greed does not get to override the safety of our homes and the realities of our flood plains.
Reached 100 supporters
April 12, 2013
7 Comments
There are plenty of areas to build on without building on green belt land. I was thinking about buying a house which is for sale on School Lane, but it looks like its fresh air and lovely view over the countryside will be ruined by the development.
The A19 is already a total nightmare every single morning. adding 700 more houses is just asking for gridlock. madness.
LEAVE THE GREEN BELT ALONE. FULFORD ISNT A CAR PARK.
My kids walk to school down these roads and the extra traffic will make it so dangerous. please stop this build.
Living near the beck for 20 years and I remember the floods. you cant just build on a flood plain and hope for the best.
Traffic on the A64 slip road is bad enough as it is. this plan is completely unsustainable for the local infrastructure.
I am wholly against this development on a notorious flood plain
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There are plenty of areas to build on without building on green belt land. I was thinking about buying a house which is for sale on School Lane, but it looks like its fresh air and lovely view over the countryside will be ruined by the development.