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The Crest Homes Application has arrived, in a huge cardboard box. it is available on line at  http://publicaccess.tmbc.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_searchform.aspx 

Just type in 11/01191, and you can view all the documents, but make some tea first, you could be there some time.Below I have put a brief synopsis of some of the documents I have ploughed through. I believe there is a copy in the Library, but if you call me , happy to meet you in the Parish Office and show you the Parish copy.

 

SEWAGE

This has always been our major concern: will our main sewer, famous for leaking and exploding all over Borough Green be able to stand the extra ****?

 Southern Water think "maybe", but have given an initial estimate of £580,000, a tad more than Crest want to pay. They want to build an onsite facility, much cheaper, and actually possibly quite green, but the Environment Agency say "no" too close to the Bourne, not enough land, as it is all made up landfill, they cannot risk where any treated water might end up, and we are sitting on the local aquifer.

GROUND CONTAMINATION

I read with mounting horror the list of contamination discovered by test bores and pits, hazardous to human health, not suitable for gardens, could corrode service pipes, builders have to wear protective clothing, special concrete to resist soil corrosion, etc etc etc . Much as I had expected, but then I found they haven't yet checked where I know the contamination is, this is where I thought it was clean. As this is an old landfill site, there is evidence of escape of methane and CO2 from the ground, that might require "special membranes and venting" for some houses. So no smoking in the garden then. They won't need to buy a barbecue, just light a flower bed !!!

TRAFFIC

At this time apart from opening up the access onto the Haul Rd, they have completely ignored our concerns. They even want to reduce the width of the Haul Rd to save the cost of putting in a footpath. Why don't they make the only access to the new housing through their new access, and keep the Haul Rd the same width, and the roundabout as an access to the industrial part of the site, and the access to Stangate Landfill, which is still active, and gets topped up from time to time.

Infrastructure

There is no apparent commitment at all to the stress these 177 houses will put on our services, they suggest that according to Government figures we already have less patients per doctor that the National average. Very comforting, but rather misses the point, I think.

SUSTAINABILITY

They use the normal buzz-words, which mean they will probably follow Government guidelines, which is a cop-out. I haven't read all the fine detail about the actual houses, but I think they are proposing solar panels, but that might have been an bit of spin.

I will update this as I read more, but remember these planning documents are not designed to inform, they are designed to hide things in full view !!