We consider the Spindlewood Drive site to be an inappropriate choice for the following reasons.

Insufficient infrastructure: Spindlewood Drive and the surrounding Little Common area are ill-equipped to take on more residential development. There is only one junior school serving Little Common and this has already been extended as far as possible, currently serving 600+ pupils. Parking at the beginning and end of the school day already causes massive disruption and is the subject of on-going, sometimes volatile, discussions between residents, the police and the school. The same is true of the G. P. surgery - lack of parking and up to capacity regarding patients.

A259 - congestion: The A259 is already over-worked at this geographical point. The roundabout at Little Common has to cope with queues from Cooden Sea Road, Peartree Lane and Chestnut Walk. Meads Road, which feeds in to Cooden Sea Road, is already considered a dangerous junction. Increased traffic at this point would undoubtedly lead to a rise in accident potential and further congestion. Inevitably un-adopted roads would also experience greater traffic use and it's highly likely that these roads would become 'rat runs'. This would greatly upset existing residents.