Proposed Housing and Mixed-Use Site Allocations

Object

Representation ID: 4266

Received: 27/08/2025

Respondent: Deeping St James Parish Council

Disproportionate Growth in Deeping St. James Parish
-The draft plan proposes 2087 new houses, representing an 11% share of the district’s growth.
-This growth is disproportionate compared to Market Deeping (or indeed the district average for main towns) which has a far lower growth rate of around 11%.

Lack of Infrastructure:
There is insufficient infrastructure to support such growth

Alternative Site:
-Given local infrastructure problems, the amount of new housing on other proposed sites (SKPR-37 & SKPR-330) is more than sufficient for this settlement’s contribution to growth across the district . Indeed, the proposed housing growth south of the Deepings expressed in the draft Peterborough Local Plan does point to a need to dramatically re-think the Deepings growth strategy in SK’s Plans.

Traffic and Highways Management associated with growth are needed
-Support for new growth each side of Linchfield Road is contingent on strategic highways infrastructure to allow for access northwards
towards the Bypass . This issues is reflected in the attached DNP comments
-Increased car movement to the south will exacerbate issues at the crossroads junction by the Deeping School, Spalding Road, and the traffic pinch-points of the two historic bridges crossing the Welland

Object

Representation ID: 4267

Received: 27/08/2025

Respondent: Deeping St James Parish Council

Objection to the Inclusion of Priory Farm (SKPR-307):
-The site at Priory Farm is far from most services in The Deepings, particularly the town centre, health centre, and Superstore on Godsey
Lane.
-Growth in this direction will perpetuate car use.
-Broadgate Lane is fully developed and cannot easily accommodate traffic growth. No strategic traffic study has been provided to address
the practicality of safely integrating access to this site in this built-up area.
-Other site-specific problems are provided in the associated objection from the DNP Group (as attached, see Section 7).

Alternative Site:
-If housing need must be met locally, it should be at a site better located than the above Priory Farm. This exists north of Spalding Road, behind Braeburn Lodge Care Home (your ref: SKPR-248), but is not included in this plan. Please re-consider.