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Representation ID: 5181

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Ilkley Town Council

Ilkley has declared a climate change emergency and as such should be reducing the need for travelling to town the centre, work, school, leisure facilities etc. The building proposed at IL1/H is unsuitable for building. Firstly, there is no infrastructure linking this development to the local centre. A car would be required for access by many people, children will not be able to walk or cycle to school and people with reduced mobility will certainly need to travel into Ilkley or Ben Rhydding by car. The increased of car use in this area goes against our aim of carbon reduction and to reduce air pollution caused by car travel. New housing developments are said to generate 5 - 7 additional vehicle movements per day and given that 150 dwellings are planned for this area, it is alot of increased traffic. Further problems arise access to Wheatley lane which is congested.