Object

Representation ID: 1044

Received: 09/03/2021

Respondent: Mr John Muchlinski

For sites IL1/H, IL2/H and IL3/H - development is on green belt land. NO development should occur on green belt land in the district unless all opportunities to develop on brown field sites has been exhausted.

It is likely development in these areas would be of large, single family dwellings of high value. Alternatively development would likely be retirement accommodation which would further skew the age profile of residents in Ilkley and put additional strain on existing medical facilities. Neither of these categories is needed to improve the vitality and viability of Ilkley. Such development would have greater impact on the vitality and viability of other, less economically advantaged areas of the district.

The Ilkley area currently suffers from significant road congestion which the proposed developments would compound. The developments would also put additional pressure on other key community infrastructure (medical facilities, schools etc).