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Representation ID: 4699

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Tamsin Waddilove-Carr

Addingham struggles to accommodate its current population given infrastructure issues of Highway safety, traffic generation, public transportation(leading to parking and congestion issues in Ilkley) and road access; Drainage, sanitation and energy and internet supply; School spaces; Green spaces and environmental issues.
This Area Strategy makes no sense, and is not sustainable given the major infrastructure issues. It does not ‘protect’ or ‘enhance’ green infrastructure links or protect the landscape and conservation areas in terms of access or ecology. It does the exact opposite, leading to the destruction and removal of biodiverse habitat and increasing flooding risk. It does not support the vitality or viability of Addingham, but instead places even further pressure on an historic infrastructure already over-loaded. It does not open up new areas of open space, instead destroys areas that are already so important to the current villagers, actively accessed via public footpaths and vitally used.