Object

Representation ID: 18488

Received: 25/06/2021

Respondent: Justin Holley

•Green Belt should only be used once Brownfield sites have been exhausted. With the Climate Emergency, the Council’s own Brownfield sites should be pursued for development. Sites on the Brownfield Register should be considered for meeting the housing targets. The release of BU2/H from the Green Belt does not stand up to scrutiny. The site does not meet the noted exceptions for allowing development in the Green Belt as set out in the NPPF and would have a greater impact on the openness of the Green Belt than the existing development at Scalebor.
•Any housing development will directly reduce the quantity of water retained by the land and increase the surface water catchment resulting in run-off into the surrounding areas (including increasing flows in Rushy Beck and the probability of flooding at Station Road.
•Ilkley Grammar is already at capacity will not be able to sustain the catchment’s needs created from development at the sites in Ilkley and Burley. There is no action in the plan to deal with this.
•Existing roads are unsuitable and inadequately construction for any additional traffic. They are narrow with a regular abundance of street parking, children using them and repairs.