MASTERPLAN AND PLANNING APPLICATION 2022/0451
(JUNCTION OF ROCHDALE ROAD, MARKET STREET, BURY ROAD, EXCHANGE STREET, THE DRIVE,
HIGHFIELD ROAD, EDEN AVENUE, BOLTON ROAD NORTH)
SITE OF PROPOSED ANWYL DEVELOPMENT:
- Serious safety concerns one way system Exchange Street – won’t resolve safety concerns; left hand turn from Market Street to Exchange Street is a blind left turn which is a major safety concern for traffic, pedestrians and cyclists
- Serious safety concerns junction Highfield Road/Exchange Street – particularly child, pedestrian and cycle safety as directly opposite new Cycle Pump Track which is not detailed in either masterplan or planning application
- Serious safety concerns re the proposed access to the site via The Drive, Highfield Road, Eden Avenue – visibility is severely affected by double parking and children play on these streets, hence particular concern for pedestrian and cycle safety; pavements and roads are not wide enough for the amount of traffic they will serve
- Double yellow lines proposed on Market Street and Exchange Street and restricted parking 8am until 6pm – likely to result in reduced footfall to local business butchers, bakers, pharmacy etc. which are essential services and important for the local economy – businesses are like to close if insufficient footfall resulting in a negative effect on the local economy – opposite of what was proposed in local plan
- Gateway proposed– location seems dangerous, misrepresents the start/exit of the village, is unlikely to have an effect on road/pedestrian safety due to size of development/increase in traffic, A56 being closed recently has highlighted this, and traffic diverted ignoring traffic calming measures and they have not been enforced
- No indication of who the proposed additional parking on the Anwyl site will service – is it compensatory parking for existing residents? Is it for new residents? Can it be enforced? No suggestion of future proofing e.g. electric charging points. If compensatory parking unlikely to be sufficient
- Double yellow lines in front of houses – how will current residents access properties with shopping, babies and children etc.
OVERARCHING CONCERNS FOR EDENFIELD AS A WHOLE:
There is still no comprehensive masterplan including input from all developers
- Proposed further release of greenbelt
- Proposed new junctions unsafe and not fit for purpose
- Serious traffic, cycle and pedestrian safety concerns could result in fatality
- No road safety audit, despite this being raised as a concern on several occasions- we do not believe the traffic proposal would pass a road safety audit
- Double yellow lines and restrictions on parking will have a negative effect on local business’s, resulting in a negative effect on the economy – the opposite of what was promised in local plan
- No phasing proposal – concerns over road and pedestrian safety if phasing is ignored and building undertaken simultaneously
- Discrimination against existing residents to accommodate needs of residents in the new houses
- Flood risk overall but particularly on the A56 leading to serious traffic and public safety concerns – still awaiting national highways feedback
