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Representation ID: 1505

Received: 14/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Kenneth Hobson

1. There will be an inevitable major traffic impact onto Woodside Road, Eliott Street, and especially the Eliott Street/Keighley Road junction. This is already massively (and dangerously) congested, and being surrounded by buildings, would not lend itself to opening out to ease traffic flow. The canal bridge contributes to the danger at the approach to this junction.Traffic lights would only further slow traffic.
2. It would see the loss of a large attractive greenfield site, which would also affect the Leeds/Liverpool canal conservation area and local wildlife site.
3. TPO trees, woodland and hedgerows would be lost, impacting on habitat for wildlife.
4. The report mentions the need for "sensitive design, layout, density and supposedly appropriate measures". Irrespectively, there will be a major visual impact and the loss of so much attractive pasture.