MP organises housing meeting

1:00pm Wednesday 21st November 2012 in Abingdon

Nicola Blackwood Nicola Blackwood

MP NICOLA Blackwood has organised a public meeting to discuss plans to build 160 homes off Abingdon’s Drayton Road.

The Oxford West and Abingdon MP said she was concerned residents felt they were not being properly informed about the application by Hallam Land Management (HLM).

She said: “There are already significant traffic problems in Abingdon at peak times and any proposed development needs to be adequately tested and residents’ concerns heard before any decisions are made.”

In its planning application, Hallam said the estate would increase traffic by at least 100 cars at peak times in Drayton Road. The application states: “A development of this scale is anticipated to generate in the order of 113 vehicle trips in the am peak and 100 vehicle trips in the pm peak.”

Hallam spokesman Andy Birch said: “HLM are pleased that residents will be offered a further opportunity to express their views ... The well attended pre-application public exhibition we held identified a number of key issues, traffic congestion being the one most discussed.”

The public meeting will be held on Saturday at 10am in Abingdon Guildhall.

Hallam refused to say whether one of its representatives would attend.

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Comments(8)

Abartonresident says...
2:11pm Wed 21 Nov 12

I wish there were just 160 homes being built here.

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Posh Nosh says...
8:16pm Wed 21 Nov 12

Dont care about the housing, but aint she a fine looking lady! wish my local MP looked like her!

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Sandy Wimpole-Smythe says...
8:56pm Wed 21 Nov 12

Posh Nosh wrote:
Dont care about the housing, but aint she a fine looking lady! wish my local MP looked like her!
Should have gone to spec savers !!

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mac123 says...
10:49am Thu 22 Nov 12

You can have as many meetings as you like. You can voice as many concerns as you like. You can discuss the traffic problems. It will still go ahead. It may get slightly delayed, a few reports will fly around about traffic & flooding, the reports will come back and say that extra drainage will be added, the traffic will cope because people need to use more public transport Blah Blah Blah. I am sure someone will pull out the limited housing card for poorer families as a percentage of the housing will have to go to them.Then they will build it....its all about the cash!!!!!!....and cakes filled with favours to be cashed in later.

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BML says...
2:11pm Thu 22 Nov 12

What opportunist hypocrisy from the Oxford West and Abingdon MP. It was her Government that introduced the change in planning law that has encouraged the carpet baggers and property speculators to stick the snouts into the now open gravy chain. As for consultation, forget it because the PR organisations driving this sort of planning applications will.

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BML says...
2:11pm Thu 22 Nov 12

What opportunist hypocrisy from the Oxford West and Abingdon MP. It was her Government that introduced the change in planning law that has encouraged the carpet baggers and property speculators to stick the snouts into the now open gravy chain. As for consultation, forget it because the PR organisations driving this sort of planning applications will.

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Posh Nosh says...
7:32pm Thu 22 Nov 12

Sandy Wimpole-Smythe wrote:
Posh Nosh wrote: Dont care about the housing, but aint she a fine looking lady! wish my local MP looked like her!
Should have gone to spec savers !!
Spec savers!!!! you kidding me, I suppose you prefer RH for Oxford East, Andrew Smithy !!

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Posh Nosh says...
7:32pm Thu 22 Nov 12

Sandy Wimpole-Smythe wrote:
Posh Nosh wrote: Dont care about the housing, but aint she a fine looking lady! wish my local MP looked like her!
Should have gone to spec savers !!
Spec savers!!!! you kidding me, I suppose you prefer RH for Oxford East, Andrew Smithy !!

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