West Parley Parish council is urging residents to quickly make their views known about a number of developments taking place in the area.
The council has taken the unusual step of writing its own article expressing its ‘great concern’ over the increased volumes of traffic that it says will be generated by the additional housing and commercial provision on land east of New Road.
The article states: “The land east of New Road on the crossroads is currently seeing the near completion of an 86- bed care home and more recently has been subject to a reserved matters application by Lidl in respect of the foodstore on the development. “The access to the site and the link / relief road (which goes through the estate) was agreed under the planning application 3/17/3609 and granted by Dorset in February 2021. This comes under the control of Wyatt Homes to deliver, with financial support from Dorset Council.
“The Parish Council has great concern over the increased volumes of traffic that will be generated by the additional housing and commercial provision; along with what effect the increased vehicle movements will have on the congestion in the village and the subsequent noise and pollution impact on residents. “All elements of the development other than the link / relief road and access were stated as ‘reserved matters. These ‘reserved matters’ form the more recent application for the foodstore and the imminent application for the housing, and then the local centre. These applications are split between Lidl, Bellway and Wyatt respectively.
The council said a large proportion of the land is now owned by Bellway Homes, who held a webinar on December 7 to lay out plans. “Over 100 people signed up to view the webinar live, and it is available on their website newroadwestparley.co.uk ,” said the council.
The council also claimed that: “Feedback received by residents is that they are shocked that the proposal now spreads over a greater area.” It’s asking residents to make their views known soon and to follow the parish council on Facebook and to keep checking back with its website: westparley-pc.gov.uk. It added that a further planning application from Cala Homes for land on the western side of New Road behind Ridgeway ‘is expected to be submitted to Dorset Council in the spring.
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