The e-Petition to Downing Street has now closed. The text read:
An eco-town at Whitehill-Bordon fails the Government’s criteria.
It would be a town extension;
5,500 new houses would double the population, exceeding infrastructure capacity.
There is no realistic provision of public transport links to a higher order centre, which lies over 20 miles away, and no rail link. New road building, will double traffic on existing roads, where car use is already high.
There is no prospect of investment needed to make the existing town zero carbon.
Building more social housing would exacerbate the existing socio-economic imbalance in the town.
The stated aim of attracting more 'executive' housing conflicts with providing more affordable housing.
Residential development on the scale proposed lacks local community support. People 'consulted' voted overwhelmingly against 5,500 houses.
The 'promoter,' the local Council, has disregarded the 'consultation'
Expansion on the scale proposed would irrevocably damage many sites of protected ecology and biodiversity.
The proposals circumvent the normal planning process and may be unlawful.
Only 2000 new homes can be accomodated on brownfield land if the MOD leaves.