- there is no reason to take such an approach, which inevitably diminishes the green belt, given there is ample brown field or town centre land to utilise first.
- the proposals would significantly alter the open and rural character of South Warrington
- the air quality in the whole area would be damaged; green space acts as the planet?s healthy lungs, and the proposed plan severely diminishes this.
- In addition, fields and other green spaces soak up heavy rainfall but the hard surfaces that come with residential and commercial development drastically reduce this facility and invariably lead to flooding.
- the infrastructure (schools, medical facilities, shops, roads etc.), either existing or part of the plan, is inadequate to support the planned number of houses and other development. The increased traffic alone would place unbearable loads on the local roads and consequently on the time of journeys.
-Queuing traffic/traffic jams add significantly to air pollution.
- The swing bridges are already bottlenecks and will not support the increased traffic heading across.
- Once invaluable green belt has been built over, it is gone forever