Comments for Planning Application 16/00151/AOP

Application Summary Application Number: 16/00151/AOP Address: Land Off Walnut Drive And Foscote Road MK18 1QQ Proposal: Outline application with all matters reserved except access for up to 170 dwellings, public open space and associated infrastructure Case Officer: Mrs Sue Pilcher

Customer Details Name: Clerk Akeley Parish Council Address: 32 Campbell Close, , Buckinghamshire MK18 7HP

Comment Details Commenter Type: Parish Council Stance: Customer objects to the Planning Application Comment Reasons: - Traffic or Highways Comment:Regarding; 16/00151/AOP - MAIDS MORETON - Land off Walnut Drive and Foscott Road Maids Moreton Buckinghamshire MK18 1QQ Outline application with all matters reserved except access for up to 170 dwellings, public open space and associated infrastructure

Members of Akeley Parish Council have noted that the developers are proposing to use the A413 as the main route to carry the development's heavy plant and materials.

At a properly constituted meeting Akeley Parish Council RESOLVED to Object to 16/00151/AOP because of the perceived material damage that the extra heavy traffic using the A413 will cause traveling to and from the development in Maids Moreton.

Akeley is an attractive rural village which is relatively quiet. The increased traffic and speeding over recent years have impacted the amenity of villagers living on and using the affected road.

The A413 runs through Akeley it has a pinch point which is just beyond the Leckhampstead Road junction, between The Cottage and Old century Cottage running down the hill to the side of the Bull & Butcher public house where there is the junction with Church Street and on towards a sharp left-hand bend opposite a T junction with Chapel Lane. This road was never designed for HGV, and is frequently the cause of traffic jams and collisions, especially at peak periods.

HGVs travelling through the pinch point causes damage to the existing village infrastructure. There is evidenced damage to adjacent buildings and sewers due to the vibration from Heavy Goods Vehicles which will increase if this development goes ahead. With the current traffic on the A413 vehicles at times have to reverse up to 50 yards or so and mount the pavement to enable passage. There is documented evidence of collisions occurring along and adjacent to the pinch point with traffic jams being a daily feature. With the expected rise in HGV traffic the instances of collisions and possible harm to the buildings will increase and so will result in the greater chance of harm to children and residents alike. A serious risk to children arises because the A413 is a primary walking route to the school situated in Church Hill. The general area is residential with a footpath running alongside the road on one side in the main and with increased incursions onto the footpath the risk of harm to pedestrians and not just damage only, Road Traffic Collisions will increase.

Yours sincerely

Ruth Millard - Clerk to Akeley Parish Council