Object

Representation ID: 5415

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Andrew Coates

Agent: Rural Solutions

Agree with the suggested requirement for 175 houses for Addingham during the plan period.

Disagree with the preferred option sites which do not deliver sustainable development. All the suggested preferred option development sites (aside from AD5/H) are located on the south side of the settlement boundaries, essentially abutting the bypass and a considerable distance from the services and facilities of Addingham Local Centre.

A significant proportion of the preferred option sites are, as recognised within evidence documents, constrained in that ‘access to both primary and secondary school is somewhat limited due to distance, and residents may find they need to travel up to 1.4 km, significantly beyond the target distance, to access services and amenities’. This is not appropriate sustainable development for Addingham especially when other sites, such as our client’s, within a significantly closer distance to services, are not being allocated.