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Representation ID: 7654

Received: 20/03/2021

Respondent: Professor Robert Smith

Housing Distribution - Addingham

The 2019 Addingham Referendum in which I voted was in favour of 75 new houses during the 2020-2038 period. This seemed an acceptable level. To increase this to 181 is preposterous. The Main Street through the village is narrow and congested. Additional traffic demands therefore would have serious safety concerns for all proposed sites, but especially those which feed directly into Main Street. Public transport links are insufficient for the proposed increases (with no rail link, unlike Ilkley and other Bradford Council areas covered by the Plan, and reduced bus services now the No 62 does not go to LBA) - excessive car usage would put the village back to where it was before the construction of the A65 bypass. The impact on village facilities, together with the denigration of greenbelt areas and environmental considerations are totally unacceptable and would reduce the quality of life in the village.