Why this Coventry village could be "turned into a town"Fears a village in Coventry could be 'turned into a town' due to proposals to build 3,100 new homes have sparked a petition from residents.
Keresley is allocated for 3,100 homes, at least one local centre for retail use, and a primary school under the Coventry Local Plan.
If brought to reality, the plans would see the village quadruple in size.
A new distributor road, public open space, and a green corridor along Hall Brook is also mooted.
This year, David Wilson Homes has begun scoping opinion to build 450 homes on land off Bennetts Road and Watery Lane.
Bellway is also seeking to develop 550 homes on land between Tamworth Road and Five Field.
Earlier in February Lioncourt Homes Limited had outline planning permission for 800 dwellings, a local centre and primary school on Bennetts Road approved.
But ward councillor Glenn Williams (Ind) says residents fear for the village's future, and he hopes a new 400-strong petition - which was outlined to a full council meeting this month - is taken into serious consideration.
If not, he said the village was at risk of ceasing to exist as it turns into a town.
He said: "It is absolutely horrendous.
"This is in the parish of Keresley. It is not going to be a parish council, it will be a town council.
"This is what the council wants but residents do not want it.
"Since the Local Plan was approved last December developers have been circling around all these areas in the green belt and now they are going in for the kill.
"In Keresley we can expect to see all of the parish concreted over."
Sandra Camwell, chairman of Keresley Parish Council, added: "The whole of the area will be swamped with 3,100 houses and we haven't got the infrastructure.
"It is not that I am objecting to housing but I am objecting to this land being built on as it is on top of old mining works.
"The mine shafts are full of water and the ground gives way."
The petition will be heard by a planning committee at a later date.