Sodbury housing meeting - come early to be sure of getting in
As you may have seen in the recent Chipping Sodbury edition of Focus, Steve Webb MP is holding a public meeting at Chipping Sodbury Town Hall at 7.30 pm today (Thursday 8 May).
The meeting will discuss the proposals for around 5000 houses in the Chipping Sodbury and Yate area. As we explained here back in February, this is what a government panel of experts reckons we need to have. South Gloucestershire Council is currently consulting on options for where these houses could go.
If these numbers go forward, it is very likely that there will be a major expansion of Chipping Sodbury to the east and north - some 1500 houses in all. One area that could be developed is the farmland next to St John's Way, just across the Rover Frome, as well as some development between St John's Way and Chipping Sodbury Golf Club.
We understand that a large number of people are likely to come to tonight's meeting, and with a strict capacity of 250 people some people may be disappointed. So please arrive early if you want to be sure of a place!
Farmland across the river from St John's Way may have to take most of Sodbury's new houses
My children have grown up what is known to the children as 'the dens'. This is land that the community use to enjoy the countryside at their leisure with a public right of way, where you can encounter wildlife such as deer, foxes, pheasants and badgers (seen at first hand on a regular basis) along with other wild and animals plants. Any development of houses in these areas will take away their habitat and that is one thing that this government and South Gloucestershire should look at and be accountable and responsible for in their actions. Besides, the river Frome already breaks it's banks from heavy rain, with new housing this will increase the chances of flooding to the existing housing off St. John's way.
ReplyDeleteWould you like to buy a house on the West side of the river knowing that it has an increased chance of flooding? Will it affect the price of existing houing?
H. Lloyd