Residential

In reading all the currently posted representations I get the distinct feeling that the residents of this district love it for its rural openness but yet hate it because it has become overdeveloped and no infrastructure has been put in place to cope. If the focus could be in addressing the infrastructure to stop all of our towns being the main through routes then maybe a better measure of the sustainable residential increases that can be accommodated can be assessed (ie. only people who lived or worked in the district would need to use its roads and public transport systems).
Surely as our District Council you have a duty to the residents to ensure the district is protected from overdevelopment, that the rural feel is retained, to protect our open spaces, wildlife, woodlands, hedgerows and undergrowth and waterways, to address the long overdue issues of traffic congestion and the pollution this creates. We are a unique corner stone of the South East and we should fight to preserve it - if we don't now it will be gone for ever, consider the rain forests and the ecological disasters caused globally in reducing these by developing them in hindsight if left alone would we now have all the global ecological issues we have? The greenbelt losses and development of our district may seem insignificant to these global issues but once we start to succumb to pressure from outside it will be a fast rollercoaster to the point of no return and before we know it will be too late to stop and the harm is done. We must think seriously before committing to something that will be regretted - what stops us from saying NO and stopping any residential developments until proper negotiation and allocations of infrastructure are agreed to deal with the real issues that need addressing before developing any further residential sites.