Object

Representation ID: 2735

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Patricia Fielding

CO1/H Marchcote Lane, objection.
Site identified currently Green Belt, fields providing absorbent land helping to stem significant surface water run off. There is increased flooding within the area already and drainage plans suggest piping water into the beck and into the path of other properties which will clearly only exacerbate the problem. The fields also play host to severely threatened bird species such as Curlew, Lapwing and Sky Lark.
The roads are already gridlocked, the addition of 155 houses, around 300 extra cars, will make this much worse, in addition to increasing air pollution levels. Contradictory to the council introducing traffic clean air control zone?
Primary school provision is already under severe pressure for local children plus GP practice under strain.
Therefore implications for Primary School provision, Healthcare, Traffic,, increased flood damage to existing properties, and loss of precious British Wildlife for the whole of Cottingley are significant.