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HAVE HAD TO BE CALLED OUT TO PUMP OUT BOTH WATER
AND SEWAGE TOO MANY TIMES. THE PUMPING STATION
CANNOT COPE NOW WHEN WE HAVE HEAVY RAIN BECAUSE
ROAD DRAINS OVERFLOW, POOR ROAD DRAINAGE SYSTEM
WHICH ALLOWS SURFACE WATER TO ENTER THE SEWAGE
SYSTEM AND THEREFORE SPILLS OUT AND ONTO THE ROAD.
IT HAS HAPPENED NEARLY EVERY YEAR USUALLY AFTER
HEAVY RAIN AND WINTER MONTHS.
129 Current sewerage system is hardly adequate as it is. Constructed in
1953 it was designed for a village half the size it is now. Any further
development should be dependent on updating the whole draining
and sewerage system. The potential huge increase in private vehicles.
Modern housing developments fail to provide sufficient parking areas.
Except for properties occupied solely by the very elderly, most
properties have cars, many have 2 cars, and some 3 or more.
130 I have major concerns over the flooding issues. What measures will be
put in place to make sure that these extra homes do not add to the
existing flood problems. Also the pumping station in Church Road
cannot handle the sewage when it is flooding. The new homes would
create extra traffic, Sheldon Road is sometimes impossible to drive
through now!
131 As I understand it the Government has reduced housing targets for
Aylesbury Vale in recent months, and the Council have stated that
percentage based targets will no longer be applied; they will instead
be looking at capacity. I do not feel that Ickford has the capacity for
such large scale house building proposals, without harming the
intrinsic peace and quality of life in this rural settlement. Below are
comments on the specific sites off Worminghall Road, Pound Ground
Farm: Over development. Should the Turnfields site go forward then
only an additional 29 houses will be required during the life of the
Local Plan to 2033. Pound Ground Farm proposes 49 dwellings. The
site is open agricultural land with remnants of historic ridge and
furrow. The site adjoins a listed building, the setting of which at the
village edge will be severely compromised. The site will have an
impact on the conservation area; which is linear in form, reflecting
the historic settlement pattern in this part of the village. The proposed
access will be detrimental to the rural approach to the village,
requiring large visibility splays, street lighting etc. Part of the site lies
within the flood plain. East of 42 Worminghall Road: Currently open
countryside adjoining the conservation area. A number of listed buildings
will be affected – as will their setting, as will a number of unlisted
buildings which are still of heritage importance. Contrary to conservation
area policies. Does not preserve or enhance the adjoining conservation
area, but rather will destroy the linear form of historic settlement pattern.
Impact in terms of traffic levels on Worminghall Road, impact on access
from exiting properties on Worminghall Road, Impact of street lighting
and rural outlook from properties on Worminghall Road School: Whilst
the school is expanding, it cannot currently cater to the number of
children in the village. Adding another 100 plus households will
exacerbate the problem.

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