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Representation ID: 25629

Received: 24/04/2021

Respondent: Paul Connolley

Development of 150 houses means probably another 300 vehicles accessing Bradford Road, through either Branksome Drive or Mercure Hotel exit.

Branksome Drive is a busy side road and not suitable to sustain other 300 vehicles.

The exit/entrance to and from Branksome Drive is risky, development will increase risk/potential accidents.

Entrance/exit is at the Mercure Hotel, would cause issues in the flow of traffic, particularly for vehicles turning right. It would cause backing up of traffic from all Saltaire/Bingley/and bypass.

Congestion at rush hour within 1 mile of Branksome Drive become clogged with traffic, traffic brought to a halt and back up pass Cottingley Bar and towards Sandy Lane.

The pressure on local facilities particularly, Doctors is not sustainable in the long term.

Local wildlife will be decimated.

Loss of mature trees.

Branksome Drive is notorious for flooding. The River Aire is unable to cope, building houses will increase flood risk.

Destruction of Greenbelt, loss of greenery and clean air as more traffic will pollute the local environment further.