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90 The infrastructure of Ickford could not cope with more houses. The
village needs a massive upgrade in both sewer and stormwater
provision. Also the road cannot possibly cope with the heavy plant
requirements.
91 Serious drainage problems every year in Sheldon Road and
Worminghall Road.
92 Even though Ickford has been classed as a medium village, it still
maintains a character of a small quaint English village. Last of old
English strongholds. So many villages and small towns have lost their
original characters, due to the incompetence of successive
governments. I know that we must move with the times, but let’s not
kill Ickford with building expansion that greatly exceeds the current
infrastructure.
93 • Too many people too few facilities.
• School’s capacity (Ickford & other villages).
• Profiteering by landowners.
94 Traffic access, movement. Pressure on village school.
95 More traffic. More noise. School not big enough. More people!!
Roads not able to cope. Danger to school children with more traffic.
Village losing its village ‘feel’.
96 Too many houses would change the character of our village and make
it into a small town. The infrastructure cannot cope now.
97 Flooding/sewage. Impact on local amenities - school/roads environment.
98 If too many houses are built, the impact on local resources i.e. school, GP.
Primary school in Ickford is already massively over subscribed so too
many new homes increase this. Drainage and sewers are already a
problem in the village, so addition of houses will increase this problem.
99 Wrong and unfair to affect lives of existing villagers.
100 Too much traffic going through village. Can school accommodate?
101 Water Supply. Also flood water – drainage.
102 The present village has approx. 280 homes and 550 residents. The
three proposed developments together would add another 150 more,
an increase of 50% on a village that has one already oversubscribed
school, narrow and winding access roads and a very poor and
overwhelmed sewage system. There is absolutely NO requirement for
so many new houses, we are a village, not a suburb of Thame.
103 More traffic. More parking problems.
104 The totality of applications would swamp the village and totally
change its character.
105 Traffic – on weak bridges – for construction and new residents.
106 Ickford is a rural village not a suburban dormitory. The proposals seen
so far will not add to the village in a positive way but will spoil the
character of the village whilst not bringing the things it needs.
107 Flooding risks and sewage capacity plus roads and access are limited.
Poor public transport would mean increase traffic, noise and air
pollution.
108 Too big.
109 In the case of the proposed Turnfields development, extra traffic
including the construction traffic along Turnfields a residential road,
with 30 plus houses proposed on Turnfields development that would

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