At least 200 individual objections have now been received by Wiltshire Council to plans to build over Bradford on Avon Golf-Course !

1500 signatures in objection to plan to develop on Bradford on Avon Golf Course were delivered to Wiltshire Council today, the deadline for submissions for the application.

Objections to the Application to Develop Bradford on Avon Golf-Course now stand at 140, according to the Wiltshire Council Website. This is in addition to a petition of over 1500 signatures.

This is an extraordinary number of individual letters - and demonstrates the unpopularity of the scheme.

Objections are scanned by Council staff and loaded onto the Wiltshire Council Website. They may be viewed at: http://planning.westwiltshire.gov.uk/WAM/showCaseFile.do?action=show&appName=planning&appNumber=W/09/02628/OUT.

The 2009 petition has now reached 1500 signatures. A fantastic response from the people of Bradford.
This will be submitted to Wiltshire Council on Tuesday - the last date for the acceptance of comments on the application.

It takes just a few moments to object online directly to Wiltshire Council.
Just click: here
and follow the onscreen instructions.

Once again, a big Thank You! to our fellow Bradfordians for supporting the campaign to save the green land of the golf-course. Well over 1000 signatures have already been collected.

The deadline for objections to Wiltshire Council is now 13th October and people can object by writing to: It is not necessary to write a long eloquent letter quoting sections of the Town and Country Planning Act. Just write in your own words to Planning Services, Wiltshire Council, Bradley Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 0RD.

We have collated the main guts of the plans so that you can see at a glance what it planned.

Plans include:

Ÿ 195 residential units shoehorned into part of the existing golf course.

Ÿ The Golf Course to go and we get a pitch and putt instead.

Ÿ Access roads via Greenland View and Mythern Meadow.

Ÿ Implications to other roads in the vicinity with reference to road widening.

Ÿ Reduction of current pavements / grass verges.

The effect of this development (within legal planning parameters) is:

Ÿ This land is safeguarded to meet the longer term needs of BOA. Previous application was rejected as sufficient housing provision is already in place to meet BOA’s needs under current local plan.

Ÿ Access tothe new site is inadequate. We are concerned about impact on adjacent roads, volume of traffic and highway safety for families. Air quality in the area will be affected.

Ÿ We are deeply concerned in relation to contamination - recent report highlights levels of 6 high risk contaminates which pose a possibility of significant harm to human health if disturbed.

Ÿ Ecological impact - the area supports and sustains a wide variety of wildlife including Otters which are a protected species. The open space that remains will be a fraction of what is currently there.

Ÿ Loss of a valuable water ‘soak up’ area to avoid increased risk of flooding further down the River Avon.

Additional demands on local services - GP’s, schools and employment.