UPSVLP 1251
Building 4,000+ homes in this location will lead to congestion and pollution to the detriment of physical and mental health in Warrington. Homes England is working closely with developers to sell its land off to the detriment of the people of Warrington.
Thelwall Heys is seen as an early win without having a material impact on the Green Belt and has good transport links. This is not the case. The area is loved by many people and has high wildlife value. Transport links are pool with buses on Stockport Road being diverted some years ago to go through Thelwall village and go via Stockton Heath. People would need to access services in Thelwall but physical access is limited and a new bridge across the TPT is needed. Schools in Thelwall are already over capacity and further investment needed. Concerned that all affordable housing will be to the rear of the site adjacent to the TPT making it difficult to exit onto Stockport Road.
Time it will take to clean up Fiddlers Ferry site must be factored in and who will pay for the clean up. The Council need to ensure this is done.
The land here is known to flood. Consideration should be given to flood defences prior to any development being allowed.
Welcome the changes since the 2019 draft plan and understand that a plan is needed to stop unrestricted development. Concerned that there will be satellite developments all over Warrington. Infrastructure provision and access to high quality jobs will be key to ensuring people from deprived areas can benefit from the plan. Government should be lobbied to make it a requirement to develop brownfield land first. Town centre regeneration should be maximised to allow access to greenspaces and create and clean and healthy environment. Climate change must be a higher priority in the plan. Community energy initiatives should be facilitated. Car travel dominates the plan with no alternatives. No firm proposals for transport across the Borough. The numbers of houses proposed exceeds any that have been achieved in the past. Development appears to be being directed to strategically well located sites on the periphery rather than inner brownfield sites. The pandemic has changed the way people live and work and the plan must take this into account. Employment growth is based entirely on logistics and transport with only low paid jobs.