There's no place like home

In this month's village newsletter there is a copy of a letter sent to Cherwell District Council by the Parish Council, urging them to reconsider their proposal to build 200 new homes locally. They say that the village is unsuitable for development because of:

an already over-subscribed primary school

an already congested and historically valuable village centre with narrow unalterable bottlenecks

the presence of a major dairy farm with consequent areas ineligible for development

a relatively isolated position with poor road connections

an unreliable electricity supply

no mains gas

poor television and mobile phone reception

high radon emissions

low water pressure

All of which makes me wonder why we continue to live here, never mind how they are going to convince 200 new families to want to too. But then, there is the view.