The council has unveiled plans as part of its Core Strategy Policy which are on display in the library.

We object to the proposal on a number of grounds, including the fact that the main reason the council wants to develop housing on this totally unsuitable site is that they wish to build a feeder road from the A47 roundabout which will act as the first section of a new north-south bypass.

There is no need for a bypass at present. Such a costly and destructive road running to the west of the town would ruin the outlook for over a hundred residents living in Bayley Close and Stockerston Crescent.

The proposed new development, sandwiched between two, possibly three major roads, would also be situated in the noisiest and most polluted part of the town, totally against the council's vision for Rutland as a "safer, healthier . . . place to live, work and visit."

It will disrupt the outlook and tranquillity of all the residents of Firs Avenue, some of whom have had to endure years of building disruption quite recently. Ironically it will also add considerably to congestion on the Ayston Road which the council is keen to bypass.

The infrastructure of Uppingham is already stretched to capacity. Our schools are full and our doctors overworked.

We only have one small supermarket.

We do not need any more housing here in Uppingham. Houses on the new development off the Seaton Road are still unoccupied after several months.

We would be very grateful if the Rutland Times could publicise our concerns as the more people who know about these plans and object to them, the more likely it is that we can change the council's plans.

Rosemary and Michael Tolkien
Uppingham