Comment

Representation ID: 9878

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Dr Carol Miles

-Against the numbers of houses proposed.
-Inpact on the provision of school places, sewage processing, and traffic in the Main Street.
-Few job opportunities.
-Nearest station is Ilkley
-Traffic would increase.
-Addingham is a large characterful village, with a strong community spirit in a beautiful Dales setting. Excessive suburban-style development threatens to diminish the impact of both character and setting.
-Incursion into the Green Belt would threaten green/blue corridors and sensitive wildlife habitats which form part of Pennine SPAs/SCAs.
-It may be necessary to build some less sensitive parts of the Green Belt to preserve more precious spaces elsewhere, which is characterised throughout by the interconnection of green spaces.
-Could designate the “old garage site” at the entrance to Addingham. It is reverting to scrub; and building on this former brownfield site could take some pressure off more sensitive sites elsewhere.