Traffic and flooding worries fail to halt plans for 800 new homes in Rykneld Road, Littleover

“The People living in this area can still stop the development or reduce the number of houses being built on this site if their is a risk of flooding.

In the Documents you will need to examine the environmental report and flood report for the area for the last 20 year that include rainfall patterns, flooding of property and any insurance claims taken by households.

If the area being developed have excluded the following items in their documents submitted to the planning committee like, streams, small rivers, and water courses the people living in the development could take this complaint to their own insurance company to be examined and if the document cause a risk they may help you block the development.

For example Derby City Council passed an housing development on former Severn Trent Water in Spondon who submitted an application to build houses but their enviromentail report did not contain the correct weather data like rainfall, climate change data and failed to mentioned that the site had streams, water courses and was located on Marsh Land.

I believe several residents in this area have sent the documents to their insurance company to be examined including asking the insurance company to issue a claim to force the developer to change the development layout to prevent flooding in the future.

I believe people of Derby have until June 2013 until the agreement between the Government and Insurance on flood protection comes to an end and at present the insurance industry as a disagreement on future flood policy that gives the insurance industry a future say on planning applications including the insurance industry examining future planning documents that could be blocked by the insurance industry if flooding occurs or the area face higher risks.

On the Littleover development traffic congestion is another issue with this planning application. For example the European Union have a directive that by 2020 all Cities across Europe including the UK and Derby must reduce car usage by 20% and this cut will affect future housing developments because developers must design houses that does not support car usage or limited car usage of 1 car per household. The developer will need to design high speed cycle lanes and bus routes to maintain a cut of 20% across the City of Derby in order to follow European rules on climate policy.”

“Where should we build new houses then? No one ever wants them built near themselves. I find it rich people from Heatherton moaning when the estate they live on did what they are now complaining about”

“Movg4wdintheQ - given that all of the points you raise were submitted during the planning process as reasons why these schemes should be stopped, we should be asking why not one of the councillors on the planning committee voted against the proposal - a situation that tends to suggest they are far more incompetent than any of us could have imagined or else there is something 'smelly' going on.....”

“2,000 homes in total.Two thousand properties plus schools and amenities. How many people? Which doctors' surgeries? Which hospital? Where will they park? How many cars? Litter, refuse, recreation, policing, utilities (and associated roadworks before, during and after installation).

Without wishing any ill effect on existing residents of Heatherton, I hope every environmental ill possible on the developers.

I hope they get bogged down, frozen in, dried up or fall into big pits like the pot-holes we're constantly avoiding. I hope something makes this scheme so un-viable that it doesn't get off the ground - or on it! Grrrr!”

“The development caters for a new primary school, but no mention of secondary school impact. Catchment change anyone?”

“The West side of Derby will grind to a halt. The council move the hospital from the city center to Mickleover causing more traffic congestion then they pass a scheme to build 700 new homes on the Kingsway site near Sainsbury and now another 800 homes. Can they not see the road system around the hospital is aready under immense stress and so will the Heatherton area. Once again the council causes issues by accepting anything that is put in front of them.”

“To Mr Martin Power of Heatherton - how can you complain about the loss of ancient countryside teeming with wildlife when it's only a few years ago that many were complaining about just the same thing about where you live now. If you feel so strongly about these sorts of developments then you should not have bought a house in Heatherton in the first place - but then if everyone followed the same example then no houses (or factories or shops or roads) would be built anywhere - every single development has to go on top of what ever was there before.”

“There was something in the paper about incentives being given to local residents who accepted that housing developments needed to be somewhere and the somewhere was next to them.
Hope new owners can get flood insurance and that the schools issue is planned ahead of time - Derby infant classes are already full with schools opening new ones”