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Representation ID: 11625

Received: 17/03/2021

Respondent: Peter Templeman

No mention of congested A65 and access to it. In addition to Ilkley traffic, it is busy through route and suffers congestion at rush hour and summer weekends.

Skipton Road East site – would be good to clear it, but there will be an issue with access/egress to/from the A65.

Ben Rhydding Drive/Wheatley Grove & Coutances Way sites – there are already queues on Wheatley Lane leading to the A65 at rush hour and development will make this worse. It will be a bottleneck and have an impact on bus services. Local people had hoped that a Park & Ride facility would be built on the area below the Scout Hut.

Destruction of the Green Belt is unacceptable. The plan describes the deficit in parks and play areas, but gives no solution. There is already a shortage of school places and access to medical facilities also.