Residents call for action over Brough South development plans
Brough will be "gridlocked" if plans for 750 homes in the town get the go-ahead.
Residents are calling for action in a bid to stop plans for the proposed £100 million Brough South development being 'bulldozed' through by planning officers at East Riding Council.
The proposed development by the Horncastle Group, a 123 acre site south of the main Hull to Doncaster railway line in the town, has already been given outline planning approval, subject to highways issues by the local authority in April last year.
A meeting was held yesterday evening (Friday), by Dale ward councillor Tony Galbraith to discuss the latest draft plans for the development, which has been earmarked to take place in four phases.
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The first phase includes the completion of the Brough Relief Road and junction improvement to the A63, this will be followed by phase 2 - 200 new homes, a new primary school (earmarked to open September 2014), food store and public open space.
Phase 3 includes up to 300 new homes, further commercial developments and transport hub, and lastly phase 4 - up to 250 new homes, further shops and more open space.
Out of the 750 new properties, between 10 and 20 per cent will be affordable housing.
The plans have caused outrage amongst local residents, who already feel the town's infrastructure is at full capacity.
One resident said: "Brough will be total gridlock, how do we get round this issue?
"The town is over capacity now, homes have doubled in the past 10 years, and the traffic coming in and out of Brough on Welton Road is already horrendous, especially between 8am and 9am, and 3pm and 6pm."
Chair of Elloughton and Brough Town Council, Bryan Davis added: "These plans are being bulldozed through by planning officers, the town council has not had any input the plans, even though we were promised we would."
Residents are now considering what form of action to take, with the possibility of funding an independent traffic survey on Welton Road to prove it is already at full capacity, as well as a petition against the development.
"We need to think outside the box and do something drastic, so that even if the development gets full planning permission, we can say we tried," one resident added.
Comments
by charleswelton
Sunday, January 20 2013, 3:50PM
“People only move to these places because they don't want to live in Hull. Well I will tell you a few things, these villages/towns have poor amenities, little community spirit and terrible public transport. I'd choose the city anytime, the right parts of course.”
by David_Nivea
Sunday, January 20 2013, 3:24PM
“Lucky that the residents during medieval times or the people who were there before say 1900 didn't object to the expansion of the village, otherwise where would you all live?
Tautology Watch: "...local residents...".”
by westvillager
Sunday, January 20 2013, 2:41PM
“I was unable to attend on Friday night but would be more than happy to sign a petition against this unnessecary development. Why, when there are already so many houses for sale in old brough and new 'toy town' brough would we need 750 more! Especially when there is a big question mark over BAE anyway. The only thing that Brough needs is a 'high street' type thing to support Morrisons, but this could easily be built at the Melton site which already has the infrastructure inplace.
The roads in Brough simply couldn't take a development of this size, even with this so called relief road - not sure how it would help traffic, but who am I to comment - It falls on deaf ears anyway with the council who seem to be keen to cream more council tax and business rates from the finished dvevelopment!”
by Planetnormal
Sunday, January 20 2013, 12:49PM
“by rodhull
". . . . so I implore the EYRC to listen to the residents of Brough and Elloughton . . . " ERYC listen to the residents? What planet are you living on?!”
by rodhull_28
Sunday, January 20 2013, 12:27PM
“Brough already seems to be a dormitary town and 750 house will impact. The infrastructure is poor and vastly needs to be improved giving the town what it needs first. This development is likely to get the go ahead in one form or another, so I implore the EYRC to listen to the residents of Brough and Elloughton to come to a fair compromise before the mass building occurs.”
by charleswelton
Sunday, January 20 2013, 10:14AM
“some people would say we dont want your sorts around here, but that's not my attitude.”
by charleswelton
Saturday, January 19 2013, 3:52PM
“These villages are fast becoming the place where people from cities migrate to, soon they will in themselves become part of the city, so focus on making the cities great places to live so people want to stay and leave these places as they are so people can have a choice of city or semi-rural/country.”
by Kirke
Saturday, January 19 2013, 11:02AM
“I agree, some of the developments in the area have been beneficial/successful. Melton business park for example. However, this development is just one step too far and should NOT be allowed to go ahead. To rub salt in the wounds, BAe Systems will be making a significant sum from this too..
Focus for growth should be Beverley once the Southern relief road is built.”