As the area around Pump Lane becomes more and more built up and residential, there is an ever increasing risk of a catastrophic accident happening involving vehicles, pedestrians or road furniture. The completion in recent years of the New Hayes Fairview development on the former Chailey Industrial Estate site has already increased the number of pedestrians and other road users in the area, including the hundreds of new residents as well as the patrons attracted to frequent the businesses occupying the commercial units on the ground floor (not least the many children attending a martial arts school on the site).
The addition of further new housing developments currently being built on Pump Lane will only contribute further to both foot and road traffic in the area. As more and more people begin to frequent the area, there is a significant danger to people's safety if speeding and reckless driving is not brought under control.
As well as the obvious safety concerns, there is also the problem of significant noise pollution caused be revving engines and cars which seem to have been deliberately modified to cause maximum noise disturbance. This is particularly bothersome through the night and into the early hours of the morning. Residents are frequently woken from their sleep in the night, which has a knock-on effect on their lives, including long and short term health problems as well as work/ school performance issues.
The people living in this residential area pay Council Tax fairly. It is not unreasonable for residents on/ near Pump Lane to expect to see a tangible benefit to the area the live in using the money they have paid in good faith for services which should at the very least keep them safe and afford them a relative amount of peace in their own homes.
If Hillingdon Council intends to continue to grant planning permission for residential developments on/ around Pump Lane, then it must surely accept that changes will need to be made to reflect the changing nature of the area from one of primarily industrial use into one for residential purposes, and the need to provide safe and reasonably peaceful places for people to live.
On reaching 20 signatures it will be formally considered by the Council and relevant Cabinet Member. Local ward Councillors will also be made aware of the petition. The Council's Democratic Services Team will keep the lead petitioner updated on progress.
This ePetition runs from 28/10/2024 to 28/11/2024.
17 people have signed this ePetition.