Object

Representation ID: 12090

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Judy Mason

AD5/H and the adjoining beck is visited by a variety of birds, butterflies and other wildlife and one which is visited a good deal by dog walkers and others enjoying the nature.
To put houses there would mean spending money on access and presumably on drainage as flooding can be a problem.
Access would cause difficulties as Chapel Street is narrow and is already a problem for local traffic and to create access elsewhere seems to me to be an extravagance when there are only 5 houses to be served. It would be far less expensive to spend some money on developing the site as a nature reserve as an amenity . It would also be a useful amenity for Addingham primary school.

Reconsider plans for the area generally particularly with regard to secondary school provision. The only school is Ilkley Grammar School which is already over-subscribed yet your plans would mean hundreds more children living in the area who would need to be provided for.