Representation by Christopher Measom
- Date submitted
- 22 June 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
From a personal point of view, living so close to the development will mean we are subject to greater noise and light pollution on a 24hr basis. As i understand the plans,the railway sidings will start to cut in shortly after the old station yard,which will mean the tracks will be significantly closer to our house, this means we will also be subject to greater vibration and ground tremor on a far greater level as the trains slow and enter the sidings. No amount of mitigation will stop this, and as a result the value and desirability of our property will suffer. As far as the village and surrounding areas are concerned, the road infastructure will not cope with the volume of traffic this development will create. It is ok to say that coming off the M69 into the site,and coming in off the A47 route to the A5 will keep the traffic out of the villages,it wont! We all know that traffic is like water,and as the A47/A5 route gets congested and blocked with the traffic volume, it will find alternative routes regardless of weight limits that are imposed. My other general concern, is that a quiet rural part of the area will be lost forever unescasarily. We already have 2 large industrial estates on the A5 corridor linking the M1 and the M42, both served by railfreight terminals. They are both well placed to serve the needs of business, they are both next to the motorway network and so i struggle to see that another terminal is needed. Allthough i understand that we need to improve our transport network around the country, i dont think that this development is part of the answer; in my view,the damage to the local area, and the misery it will cause for people living and working in the Hinckley and surrounding area has been woefully under estimated.