Object

Representation ID: 15673

Received: 20/03/2021

Respondent: Martyn & Sandra O'Toole

Number of people: 2

•NPPF demands that changes to greenbelt can only be justified if exceptional circumstances exist. Unaware that evidence for more housing has been provided to justify development.
•Building work at Parsons Lane has seen vehicles arriving early, generating noise/dust, and queuing to access a narrow site entrance. Impact on the environment is already substantial.
•Already seen a large number of houses built in here, leading to substantial increases in traffic, reduction in greenspace.
•Current infrastructure cannot support additional road use. Moor Land/Moor Park Drive already heavily congested with parked cars. These narrow roads not designed to support existing amounts of traffic.
•Additional noise and pollution.
•Capacity issues of primary school, Ilkley Grammar and Addingham medical centre.
•Resident voted in a referendum to adopt a plan which would protect green belt. If more housing is needed, then existing brownfield sites should be redeveloped first.
•Years of potential construction work to build the current/future requirement is not a healthy prospect for our minds/bodies.
•Can the number of houses to be built be reduced. Can the expansion of the village be delayed to take into consideration alternatives and allow proper consultation?