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Representation ID: 588

Received: 01/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Andrew Best

At great expense, effort and soul-searching, Addingham's Neighbourhood Plan- which was overwhelmingly approved by the residents of Addingham- set out a reasonable, thought-through, sustainable and sensitive template for the future development of the village. The Emerging Local Plan appears to have ignored that exercise in local democracy and proposes to steamroller through both an increase in the housing development and any idea of sustainability, via a "top-down" imposition of development.
Sustainability should be the major driver in the decision-making process in the 21st century. No improvements in infrastructure are proposed in the plan for the village, Green Belt and bio-diverse, ancient habitats will be destroyed, car use will escalate (cf "5.15.8 There are limited employment opportunities within the settlement") and the landscape will be impacted, both within the village and from the adjacent National Park. All of this when a more sensitive alternative has been agreed within the village.