Object

Representation ID: 12944

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Juliet Green

Object to proposed 314 new dwellings in Ilkley(IL1/H, IL2/H, IL3/H & IL4/H).

Understand that 97% of these dwellings are planned for Green Belt land, despite the availability of alternative Brown Belt sites in the District. Council noted that ‘Ilkley is set within a scenic and sensitive natural landscape’ and rates the sites as having moderate or major impact on the Green Belt. If we do not protect Green Belt land, we set a precedent for further developments, thus endangering our countryside and its biodiversity for generations to come, and at a time when Climate Change is already at crisis point. District should be setting an example, rather than eroding/ downgrading values and principles expressively designed to protect nature and our environment.

Add to this increased risk of flooding, increased traffic in already congested streets, lack of infrastructure (particularly schools) to support growth - proposed plans appear to be ill–considered.