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Representation ID: 1065

Received: 09/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Charlotte Hobson

The land is in use, it is required for agriculture. The road system around this greenfield site is narrow and steep. We keep trying to sell Bingley and the surrounding area/Five Rise Locks etc as a beautiful place to visit. To bring tourism into the area then the same Council that is driving for tourism wants to cover a very pleasant part of canalside green fields in houses. The swans are iconic that sit on the fields, obviously they will be driven away. It is a very substantial wildlife corridor, a haven from the rest of the built up areas. It provides carbon sequestration. To put 135 house on it & get rid of the swans, the cattle, the wildlife, release all that stored carbon? Why? Surely there are brownfield sites better suited.