Support

Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations

Representation ID: 20406

Received: 06/03/2020

Respondent: Karen Lawrence

Representation Summary:

I agree that this site is NOT suitable for development. Access via back lane is very limited and there is insufficient village infrastructure to support any development. The land is sloping so that any proposed development would increase surface flooding into camping beck and increase flood water back up increasing the risk of flooding in levishaw close. The track is already subject to frequent flooding. This site is important habitat as a hay meadow and should be maintained as such. In the neighbourhood planning consultation excercise residents identified that this area should be protected & not built on

Full text:

I agree that this site is NOT suitable for development. Access via back lane is very limited and there is insufficient village infrastructure to support any development. The land is sloping so that any proposed development would increase surface flooding into camping beck and increase flood water back up increasing the risk of flooding in levishaw close. The track is already subject to frequent flooding. This site is important habitat as a hay meadow and should be maintained as such. In the neighbourhood planning consultation excercise residents identified that this area should be protected & not built on