Object

Representation ID: 29696

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Persimmon Homes (West Yorkshire)

Agent: Barton Wilmore

Site ME/005

The other reason the Council have dismissed the site is due to ‘landscape impacts’.

Regarding site ME/005, the SA concludes as follows under question 7 (landscape and townscape):

The site is 1.2km south of the Nidderdale AONB, but residential development here would not be expected to have a discernible impact on or alter views into or out of the AONB, due to the presence of existing and similar built form to the north of the site and its location adjacent to the village of Menston. However, residential development at this site could result in the loss of open greenfield and Green Belt land that contains GI elements of potentially high visual amenity, including trees, and it would therefore be likely to adversely alter the local town scape and landscape character, although the nearby existing built form could help to limit the magnitude of
potential effects.

However, Pegasus’ assessment of the site concludes very differently, see below:

It is not considered that the development of the site would result in the loss of any landscape features that hold an individual landscape or visual value or are of a specific importance to the wider landscape character. Existing landscape features worthy of retention such as the trees within and bounding the site, and the stone walling along Burley Road could be incorporated as part of a new development. Together with new planting, retained vegetation would contribute to the well wooded character of the locality and help to integrate new development into the landscape.