Residents have mixed feelings over New Waltham plans after meeting developers

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Saturday, August 28, 2010
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A PUBLIC consultation on plans to build up to 210 new homes in New Waltham has sparked a mixed reaction from residents.

As reported, developers Carr And Carr Builders – along with Stephen Newman Properties – hope to build homes on land near Louth Road roundabout over the next eight to ten years.

When news of the plans broke last week, many residents expressed concerns over how roads and other local amenities would cope with the additional burden the new homes would bring.

However, after meeting with the developers and viewing the plans, some now say they feel ambivalent.

However, for others, fears the development will blight homes with traffic, teenagers and trouble are still at the forefront of their minds.

Concerns were also raised by former councillor April Baker who said previous plans for the site had been thrown out because the land is a flood plain.

Developer, David Carr said: "We are not daft. No one wants it in their own back garden and developing is always an emotive subject.

"We have been talking to the council for eight years – we don't get a development this far without liaising with the council successfully."

The application will be submitted to the North East Lincolnshire Council in September.

Keep checking your Grimsby Telegraph for further updates.

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    by plutonium, GY

    Sunday, August 29 2010, 11:53PM

    “Town and Country planners seem to take something that works and then spoil it at great expense......then they move to another job and a new Town and Country planner takes something that was damaged and make sit worse.......also at great expense...ad infinitum”

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    by Richard, Humberston

    Sunday, August 29 2010, 8:11PM

    “I've been saying to myself for years the only real solution to toll bar roundabout's traffic problems is:

    a) Wider the roundabout once again.
    b) Install peak time traffic lights on there with cameras on top of them watched by a control centre somewhere who can apply the human touch that is required to reduce the huge queues.
    c) At the other end of New Waltham where the traffic lights meets the bypass reverse the trend of not letting much traffic through as has occurred in the last 12 months resulting in the traffic backing up to Hewitt's Circus roundabout instead... offsetting the bottleneck at toll bar by moving it elsewhere doesn't cure the issue and just moves it elsewhere.

    On the same topic of traffic problems in this town, Humberside Police should draft in an officer to manually direct traffic at the Boulevard lights the old fashion way - with his arms - during the hours of 4.30-6.00pm. At the moment traffic just overspills on to the A180 and people physically block traffic at the roundabout - completely bringing to a halt motorists travelling east to west.

    I should be a road planner for NELC haha”

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    by Carl Unwin, New Tree Street

    Saturday, August 28 2010, 5:20PM

    “This town is full, build your dodgy, unwanted estates elsewhere.”

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    by new waltham resident, grimsby

    Saturday, August 28 2010, 2:41PM

    “gary traffic lights slow traffic and there is already to much traffif here without another 250 plus cars as you are not a new waltham resident think before you open your mouth”

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    by Urrgh, Ill be there on time and charge a fair price mate

    Saturday, August 28 2010, 2:28PM

    “Gary, every plumber Ive known has never helped the economy. only himself”

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    by another angry resident, scatho

    Saturday, August 28 2010, 2:11PM

    “I have screen dumped this and sent it with the link to all 26 major insurance companies, including Crown insurance.”

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    by plutonium, GRIMSBY

    Saturday, August 28 2010, 12:17PM

    “forgone conclusion? have hope Angry Resident, have hope ¿ Previous applications have failed for numerous reasons...numerous reasons ¿ even ridiculous comments have Purpose”

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    by Angry Resident, New Waltham

    Saturday, August 28 2010, 10:40AM

    “What a ridiculous comment to have made, it certainly looks like the council have been smoothed over and makes it sound like its a forgone conclusion. Previous applications have failed for numerous reasons and I can't understand what has changed. There are still other pieces of brownbelt land available rather than this site. There is no need for another 250 houses in this area. Look in all the housing developments built in recent years, many are up for sale and this estate will flatten the housing market. Traffic congestions around Low Farm & Toll Bar roundabout which be even worse than now. And are the local schools equipped to cope with yet more children? Not sure where the mixed feelings comes from, everybody I spoke to is against the development.”

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    by pete, GRIMSBY

    Saturday, August 28 2010, 10:05AM

    “so they have dealt with council sounds good. Now they must deal with the those who matter. The council obviously haven't bothered.”

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