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Petrel Drive, LOUTH, LN11 0ZG

A few years ago a development of nearly 1,000 houses was proposed on the edge of the charming little market town of Louth. The headline in the local paper was "The Death Star landeth". There was a strong reaction among residents and the local council threw the scheme out. However the building fraternity has been more than vindicated by the number of schemes which have since been approved, and the rape of the countryside continues apace. See also Image

140+ houses have been approved behind these, and now another 400 are proposed. The roads are narrow and crowded, and every house built at the top of the hill adds to the flooding problems for the houses at the bottom. We are told the country needs affordable housing. Of the 140+ houses in the first development, only 43 are to be affordable. If the ratio were the same for the second development, that would mean a total of 300 new executive houses. So...where are 300 new executives to come from in this little town in rural Lincolnshire? Having just defeated the dreadful "Southern Gateway" proposal of 970 houses on the other side of the town, Louth is faced with the misery and expense of yet another battle. See also Image

Keddington off the top left tip of the brown fields, Brackenborough Road running down to the left of the industrial estate and then across the shot (bottom of brown field) to Brackenborough. The fields and walks above and to the left of the houses are much valued by local residents, but for how much longer? 140+ houses have been approved here, and now another 400 are proposed. The roads are narrow and crowded, and every house built at the top of the hill adds to the flooding problems for the houses at the bottom. We are told the country needs affordable housing. Of the 140+ houses in the first development, only 43 are to be affordable. If the ratio were the same for the second development, that would mean a total of 300 new executive houses. So...where are 300 new executives to come from in this little town in rural Lincolnshire? Having just defeated the dreadful "Southern Gateway" proposal of 970 houses on the other side of the town, Louth is faced with the misery and expense of yet another battle. See als Image

Keddington mostly behind the camera bottom right, Brackenborough Road running across to the right of the industrial estate and then across the shot (top of brown field) to Brackenborough. The fields and walks are much valued by local residents, but for how much longer? 140+ houses have been approved here, and now another 400 are proposed. The roads are narrow and crowded, and every house built at the top of the hill adds to the flooding problems for the houses at the bottom. We are told the country needs affordable housing. Of the 140+ houses in the first development, only 43 are to be affordable. If the ratio were the same for the second development, that would mean a total of 300 new executive houses. So...where are 300 new executives to come from in this little town in rural Lincolnshire? Having just defeated the dreadful "Southern Gateway" proposal of 970 houses on the other side of the town, Louth is faced with the misery and expense of yet another battle.

Woodview is the house on the right in Brackenborough Road