Object

Representation ID: 1623

Received: 15/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Kim Broadbent

There are already issues with excess water running off the fields and onto the roads and putting houses on the fields will make this worse. The land is green belt land which is highly valued by residents and makes the area attractive. Developing on green belt land will endanger the bird species living there such as curlews, lapwings and sky larks. Development that will last for years, will have heavy machinery trundling through Cottingley and destroying greenbelt land and wildlife will make local house prices plummet. The roads around Cottingley are already very busy and small, having extra through traffic will only make this worse. Cottingley village school is small and has issues with parents blocking up the roads and cramped classrooms so if there are more children and more cars locally this will stretch an already stretched resource and make life more difficult for local families.