We ask for Coventry City Council to request that the applicant
submits the following:
- a transport assessment and air quality assessment that includes
the Longford Road–Windmill Road junction and uses the
Coventry City Council’s air quality measured monitoring sites
LR1 and LR2 in their model verification. Furthermore, they should
include sensitive receptors at this section of the Longford Road
and along Windmill Road.
- a phase 3 geo-environmental report which includes a land
contamination remediation strategy and Tier 3 Detailed Quantitative
Risk Assessment (DQRA). This is essential due to the history of
mining and contaminated waste tipping know to have occurred in the
wider area and presence of made ground on the site itself.
- further information on the stability of land on the neighbouring
site (Hawkesbury Spinney and Old Tip LWS, previously the Coventry
Power Station), particularly in terms of any impacts from
vibration, piling and disturbance/removal of soil, etc.
- hedgehog, invertebrate and bird surveys
- a plan which reinstates the ponds which have been filled in
- a flood risk assessment which includes a more detailed study of
sensitive off-site locations such as those in Alderman’s
Green e.g., Canberra Road, Lancia Close and Alderman’s Green
Road
- flood risk protection measures for existing properties in Grange
Road and Alderman’s Green
- a full archaeological assessment which includes trial trench
evaluation as there is a possibility of a deserted Medieval
settlement and tile/pottery kilns being in the area.
- an Environmental Statement (ES)
Furthermore, we are extremely concerned about the cumulative
impact of recent development proposals within the Longford, Exhall
and Poplar wards. Therefore, we request that Coventry City Council
undertakes an urgent review of its Local Plan to ensure that its
allocations and policies reflect the latest environmental and
public health guidelines e.g., World Health Organisation’s
(WHO) new guidelines and interim targets for air quality. We also
ask that the allocations within the Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough
Council’s Borough Plan are considered and that, in future,
Coventry City Council engages fully in consultation with other
local authorities that have the potential to have impact on these
wards. This should include:
- traffic levels
- air quality
- flood risk and flood storage
- sewage and surface water systems in the wider area
- climate change – mitigation and adaptation
- biodiversity recovery
- access to green space and sports/play facilities
- access to services e.g., GP, dentist, schools
- community facilities
This ePetition ran from 30/10/2021 to 01/01/2022 and has now finished.
140 people signed this ePetition.