Clerks Comment on Charvil Farm

PLANNING OBSERVATION SHEET - 235/09/07 FROM: CHARVIL PARISH COUNCIL TO: Wokingham District Council APPLICATION NUMBER O/2007/1690 PROPOSAL Outline for industrial/commercial buildings and retirement dwellings. ADDRESS Land at Sandford Farm, Mohawk Way, Woodley APPLICANT Sandford Farm Properties Ltd. CASE OFFICER Jonathan Bishop PARISH COUNCIL COMMENT Council considers this application to be an unsuitable and inappropriate development for this location, which is in the narrow ‘green strip’ separating ‘Rural’ Charvil from ‘Urban’ Woodley. Council also has concerns about the effect which the proposed access onto a narrow country lane (Beggars Hill Road) will inevitably have on the rural nature of that part of the village. Finally, Council has more general concerns about the consequences which this kind of development will have on the area as a whole in terms of ‘precedent’ for the future, on an area which includes Charvil Country Park and Dinton Pastures. Part A - CHARVIL SPECIFIC CONCERNS 1. Traffic Council is concerned at the impact which the additional traffic to/from the proposed retirement village would have on Beggars Hill Road and Lands End Lane. These are quiet, narrow country lanes, with natural verges and without footpaths, which are primarily used by pedestrians and cyclists, many of whom are school children journeying to and from Waingels School. Only the occasional vehicle travelling to/from the 14 houses ...