Stop the sale of the land at the end of Park Avenue, Glapwell
Stop the sale of the land at the end of Park Avenue, Glapwell
The Issue
The residents of Park Avenue, Glapwell need your support. Our quiet, peaceful street may soon become a thoroughfare for noisy construction traffic as a local developer has been offered the sale of a strip of land. This decision will be scrutinised on the 10th of June 2020 by the Growth Scrutiny Committee of Bolsover District Council.
This piece of land owned by Bolsover District Council is the final piece in the jigsaw that enables access to a site for the building of 62 houses. Without this piece of land there is no access. But planning was approved with no consideration to the 60 letters of objections in the public planning portal with no letters of support, along with the planning dept recommendations to NOT approve the planning application.
During COVID this strip of land has been a place of relaxation and exercise for residents in the village, especially the elderly on our street who can’t walk far. The oldest resident Ezra is 95 and lived here since the houses were built in 1939.
Where will they go if there’s a second peak? Dog walkers and cyclists have used this strip too as it is part of a public route. The land is used for events during the year that the residents of the district attend including the annual carnival with a footfall of over 3000. The piece of land is used for disabled parking. I worry that if this land is sold then the parking won’t be available and deprive the attendance by all and everyone.
Once the housing is built, it will increase the traffic on the road with levels of both noise & air pollution increased 3 or 4 fold at least. It will also include the removal of the trees which provide homes for various birds. Owls can be heard along with Sparrow hawks. We should be saving trees not chopping them down! We only have one shop in the village so people would have to travel for most shopping needs. Yet more pollution!
All of these things have caused me and many others such worry and sleepless nights. Please help to back Ezra and the other residents by showing your support and add your name, then please share this petition far and wide.
Thank you for your time to read this.
The Issue
The residents of Park Avenue, Glapwell need your support. Our quiet, peaceful street may soon become a thoroughfare for noisy construction traffic as a local developer has been offered the sale of a strip of land. This decision will be scrutinised on the 10th of June 2020 by the Growth Scrutiny Committee of Bolsover District Council.
This piece of land owned by Bolsover District Council is the final piece in the jigsaw that enables access to a site for the building of 62 houses. Without this piece of land there is no access. But planning was approved with no consideration to the 60 letters of objections in the public planning portal with no letters of support, along with the planning dept recommendations to NOT approve the planning application.
During COVID this strip of land has been a place of relaxation and exercise for residents in the village, especially the elderly on our street who can’t walk far. The oldest resident Ezra is 95 and lived here since the houses were built in 1939.
Where will they go if there’s a second peak? Dog walkers and cyclists have used this strip too as it is part of a public route. The land is used for events during the year that the residents of the district attend including the annual carnival with a footfall of over 3000. The piece of land is used for disabled parking. I worry that if this land is sold then the parking won’t be available and deprive the attendance by all and everyone.
Once the housing is built, it will increase the traffic on the road with levels of both noise & air pollution increased 3 or 4 fold at least. It will also include the removal of the trees which provide homes for various birds. Owls can be heard along with Sparrow hawks. We should be saving trees not chopping them down! We only have one shop in the village so people would have to travel for most shopping needs. Yet more pollution!
All of these things have caused me and many others such worry and sleepless nights. Please help to back Ezra and the other residents by showing your support and add your name, then please share this petition far and wide.
Thank you for your time to read this.
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Petition created on 24 May 2020