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Representation ID: 5884

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Jane Callaghan

Crack Lane is at the junction of two important (CBMDC advertised) leisure corridors for walkers, cyclists and horse riders (estimated 250 horses stabled within 1/2 mile radius), is partially unbuildable & would need substantial road upgrading which would aid development of the site but imperil leisure users. The very old tree must be retained and respected, further impacting on possible road widening. The site receives significant surface water flow and up to 1/5th of the site remains flooded for much of winter. It's also an area of subterranean springs and an overground watercourse on west side of site arises in the old coal mines beneath. While use of this site would provide some houses towards the allocation for Wilsden, it would not maximise use of prime agricultural land which until recently was a cow maternity field for a local tenant dairy farmer who would wish to continue that use.