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Representation ID: 620

Received: 02/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Damian Kilburn

Heights Lane is less than 6 metres wide with no footways. Whilst it may be possible to widen the highway adjacent to the site, there are properties on both frontages for at least 50 metres on approach to the mini-roundabout junction with Otley Road. This development will increase footfall on Heights Lane and lead to significant increase in road safety risks. It is already challenging and dangerous to walk on this section of highway, I cannot believe that CMBDC will accept this level of risk for future residents of this development. This highway is the only route for pedestrians to access public transport from the development. This fundamentally undermines the assertion that the site is sustainable. In addition, the visibility to the left at on the Heights Lane approach to the Otley Road mini-roundabout is sub-standard, intensifying traffic flows will lead to increased accidents.