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Representation ID: 3070

Received: 23/06/2022

Respondent: Resident

Development should be intergrated into Penkridge.
Site can be seen from a number of view points across area.
Site located next to anaerobic digester.
Policy should require:
• The creation of high quality direct pedestrian and cycling routes from the development to the key facilities in the settlement
• Suitable bus stops and facilities
• The creation of a country park on both sides of the Penk south to Penkridge Middle School at least from the A449. The current proposal doesn't form any sort of contiguous facility and simply uses a piece of floodplain that can’t be developed. A part of 420 and 584 should be allocated for “green infrastructure”. This would be a practical contribution to reducing the need for residents to visit Cannock Chase.
• The creation of a new pedestrian route from the development across the floodplain to Penkridge Middle School as well as ongoing connections to Wolgartson High School to enable pupils to walk and cycle easily and safely to school
• The provision of additional pedestrian crossings on the A449 to ensure that it doesn’t become a barrier to sustainable movement
• Improvements to Penkridge railway station which may involve the provision of additional parking by the Monckton Centre. (the station car parks are normally full with additional parking on verges)
• Improvements to the centre of Penkridge to allow the facilities to better serve a greatly increased population and to improve it to form a “town centre”. (I am concerned that with the reference to retail in the new development we will end up with two retail complexes at either end of Penkridge which both generate vehicular trips and create completely separate communities. In addition you struggle to get a GP appointment now!)
• That the public open space is useable for the majority of the time.
• That wildlife corridors are maintained and created