Object

Representation ID: 28435

Received: 13/03/2021

Respondent: Hilda Bryson

Green belts were specifically designated to prevent development on precious areas of green land.

Given climate change concerns and the fact that we are supposed to be increasing green areas where possible to combat the effect of carbon emissions and to give our threatened wild life some respite from loss of habitat it seems impossible to justify building houses on these sites.

The A65 into Ilkley is a bottle neck already and we now have a garden centre opposite the proposed sites which will increase the flow of traffic and add to the problem of tail backs.

The Grammar School is stretched for space. Are there plans for a new school or for the sewage system and for the health provision? Increased housing with no thought for the infrastructure is negligent to say the least.

Merging Burley and Ilkley into one amorphous mass destroys the community feel of both places.