Object

Representation ID: 12198

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Louise Hepworth-Wood

Object to proposals to build on Green Belt in Ilkley.

Two large sites are both wholly unfit for large, ugly builds due to location, flooding, infrastructure and wildlife that rely upon it.

Potential for Coutances Way site to join up with Sun Lane site, meanings villages will almost join.

Both sites are large, beautiful Green Belt expanses that support habitats for deer, owls and curlews (a protected species).

Flooding and run-off issues on Wheatley Lane will be exacerbated

Infrastructure – Wheatley Lane is already busy. Entrance is a death trap waiting to happen, as well as proposed car park. Ilkley Grammar School is full – bussing pupils to Keighley is not sustainable.

Council approach is disgusting. We are in a climate emergency, but Council views green fringe areas as viable. Areas not valued.