Object

Representation ID: 11417

Received: 17/03/2021

Respondent: Mike Dalby

•Proposed houses on Green Belt which should be protected. Sufficient Brownfield land available and should be priority.
•Traffic delays will be exacerbated with additional journeys on the single file, traffic light controlled road at the railway bridge. Only access to/from A65 via this road.
•Grammar School is at capacity. Existing primary schools will be overloaded by increased demand.
•Already difficult to access GP services. Increase in population will make this worse.
•Existing serious problem with parking. Increased traffic will increase these problems.
•Development at Ben Rhydding and at Sun Lane, Burley-in-Wharfedale will substantially reduce the Green Belt between the two towns.
•The A65 is a traffic disaster, with increased traffic flows due to housing developments in the area. Further developments in Menston/Addingham will impinge on the traffic volume. No alternative routes through Ilkley to the west.
•Local infrastructure will not be able to accommodate an increase in population of 1500-2000 people.