Object

Representation ID: 25244

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Andy Thompson

•Addingham is a service centre and does not have the infrastructure to support large numbers of additional houses especially on the west.
•Site is within the SPA/SAC zones and used for foraging by Curlew, Barn owls and is a habitat for other wildlife.
•The tree lined nature attracts hedgehogs. The quiet roads allow easy passage.
•Bats feed amongst the trees. The lack of lighting from streets is beneficial to this protected species.
•Given the distance/steepness from the village centre most people would drive to access amenities including the overcrowded school making the site location unsustainable. There is little parking in the village centre and additional vehicles will exacerbate the situation.
•Moor Lane is narrow with many park cars and does not lend itself to an increase in traffic.
•Turner Lane/Silsden Road fields act as a soak away for water running off the moor. Water runs off Turner Lane when it rains ending up in the becks flooding the village. There are no sewers or surface water drains on Tuner Lane. More houses will increase levels of flooding in the village. Surface water/foul water drainage systems would need major upgrade to meet the capacity of planned housing.
•Noise from the A65 bypass and proximity to new housing would not comply with the Council’s wellness policy.
•There are plenty of Brownfield sites in Bradford close to urban areas, employment and transport and therefore more suitable for development. There are sites in Addingham, such as the Old School site which was originally designated for 35 houses. This site is overgrown scrub land and close to the village centre and could be rejuvenated.
•The site adjacent to the telephone exchange has lain unused for years and this together with the fields next to the cricket pitch could be sustainable locations close to the village with little impact on the countryside.
•Exceptional circumstances for releasing Green Belt sites do not exist locally.
The site is made up of three fields. The owner of the two fields to the south and west has confirmed they are not available for development.