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Representation ID: 2833

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Mike Roberts

Addingham is situated around the confluence of several becks and the River Wharfe. Sewage from the settlement flows via a pumping station to the Ilkley Sewage Treatment facility. Already, several times per year, following heavy rainfall, as well as causing localised flooding of properties, the runoff waters overwhelm the capacity of the Addingham facilities and raw sewage has to be released into the River Wharfe. This is despite the river downstream at Ilkley being given Open Water Swimming Status. The frequency of this pollution scenario has been increasing and this is predicted to continue.
Building more housing the the water catchment area causes 2 problems;
1. Adding to the pressure on the local sewage processing capacity
2. Increasing the surface water runoff into the local becks.

Any additional housing in the the settlement has to be strictly limited - see the Neighbourhood Plan adopted after local resident approval in 2020