950 Homes Plan Sparks Scraptoft Concerns

0:00It's April 20th. I'm Cory with the story, and this is Lester News today. Local news powered by AI. Developers, Davidson's, developments in Jelsen Homes, just submitted an outline planning application to Harbro District Council for 900. 50 Homes and a primary school on farmland south of covert lane and scrapped off. The plan includes 70 later living apartments, mixed with traditional family homes, plus a two-form entry primary school to handle two classes per year group. Locals are pushing back hard, saying the area's infrastructure can't handle it. Dr. surgeries in schools need building first, traffic on that. Narrow Country Road will explode, and there's worry about more flooding after recent issues. Residents also fear losing green space, wildlife habitats, and those open field views that define the villages of scrapped off, turned by, and Bushby. A group is holding an urgent meeting this Friday, April 24th, at Scraptop Community Hub to form an action group with local counselors on,

1:02hand. 10 objections are in already. Consultation runs till May 8th, and a decision comes by June 11th eyes on how this plays out for the community.