Kirkby residents "furious" at plans for 214 houses on boggy area of land

Residents in the Coxmoor estate area of Kirkby are “furious” over plans to build 214 houses on a piece of boggy land known as The Pond.
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A large turnout gathered for a socially distanced meeting to air their views on the land with the Ashfield MP and Nottinghamshire County Councillor John Knight, on Sunday morning.

The application is for 214 residential dwellings and ancilliary works on land at Coxmoor Lodge Farm, with access from Farm View Road and Walesby Drive in Kirkby.

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Received by Ashfield District Council (ADC) on August 8, the applicant is listed as “Mr M Jackson, Gleeson Regeneration Ltd, Ms D Marles, Mr M & Mrs W Rollinson,” and agent Gleeson Regeneration Ltd.”

Kirkby in Ashfield residents protest against residential development - Picture Lee AndersonKirkby in Ashfield residents protest against residential development - Picture Lee Anderson
Kirkby in Ashfield residents protest against residential development - Picture Lee Anderson

A resident, who lives adjacent to the proposed development, Sarah Cadwallader said: "If this huge development goes ahead it will be a disaster for our local community.

"Heavy construction traffic down small, already congested roads for potentially four or more years will make local lives hell. Our schools, health services and even water supply are stretched beyond capacity and will not cope with another influx of 1,000 or so people.

"There is no support for infrastructure and locals can expect increased noise and air pollution if this build gets the go ahead by Ashfield District Council”.

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"We had a meeting on the land, and there was a large turnout of residents on the land which is boggy, and waterlogged most the year. It’s even known as ‘the pond, and we worry about flooding issues.

"Such a large development could take years to build and disruption especially to the Farm View Road and Walesby Drive areas, with heavy plant accessing the site and parking issues on narrow roads.

"It will affect access and public safety, especially as we have a large number of disabled people in the area, and a special school on Abbey Road.”

On Facebook Ashfield MP Lee Anderson said: “It was good to meet Coxmoor residents who are furious about a proposed housing development on a site that was not in the local plan and has always been turned down in the past.

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"A planning approval here would see a risk to people’s safety on the narrow access roads and it will also see a worthless boggy piece of land worth millions.”

Speaking to the Chad he added: “We all appreciate the need for house building in the area, especially as we have hundreds of new workers coming to work at the new Amazon factory who I understand have been reallocated from other parts of the country, we need to make sure that houses are built on suitable sites.

"This site is far from suitable and has always been rejected in the past. I cannot understand why it is even being considered by ADC at this time.

"What has changed over the past fifteen years other than the roads have got busier around this estate. No houses should be built on this site.”

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Sarah Cadwallader added: “We haven’t much time to object, so we are urging residents to go to our Coxmoor Friends Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1003066113503092.

Gleeson Regeneration Ltd, Marketing team was contacted for a comment.