Object

Representation ID: 24489

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Madeleine & Philip Nichols

Number of people: 2

-The number proposed of 181 homes is far too high and cannot be accommodated without severely compromising the council’s own policies clearly set out elsewhere in the Local Plan.
-Draft Plan does not adequately take into account the severe lack of infrastructure, services and facilities in the settlement.
- poorly served by the local minor road network passing through the village, where the main through routes are severely and dangerously congested
-local secondary school based in Ilkley
-Very few viable commercial or organised leisure facilities
-village centre is prone to severe ground water flooding and the Town Beck which runs through the village is known to frequently burst its banks
-Impact on landscape, setting, blue/green infrastructure
-Impact on SPA/SAC
-Many of the proposed sites including are located a distance from village services and perform very poorly against Policy SP7.
-Inconsistencies with proposals and the environmental elements (paragraphs 5.15.27 to 5.15.31):-
-Creating and improving safe travel routes for walking and cycling.
-Impact on biodiversity