Object

Representation ID: 29498

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Oliver Shillingford

•Access to Branksome Drive is via a junction on to a major road. Development at the site would increase the use of this junction making it increasingly dangerous to road users. Exiting Branksome Drive at peak times is already a massive issue. Development will exacerbate this issues and increase the risk of traffic collisions.
•The Council is committed to green air zones/cutting pollution. However, these developments would be in direct contest to this. Currently there is not a lot of air pollution around Branksome Drive but new development would change this.
•Currently the views from properties on Branksome Drive look directly into fields. This is positive for mental health – especially important during the lockdown. This needless development will ruin the beautiful view, drive down house prices and reduce privacy with properties being overlooked by the new development.
•The River Aire is close to the proposed sites. Branksome Drive has previously been flooded. Climate change and rising water levels will make this worse.
•Development will remove factors contributing to ground drainage (trees/fields) increasing flood risk to existing and new development. This is unacceptable.
•Other reasons to reconsider these areas include: loss of wildlife habitats, loss of open green belt and agricultural land for a questionably beneficial number of houses, detrimental impact on nearby residential privacy.