KY18/H - Moss Carr Road, Long Lee

Object

Representation ID: 10293

Received: 15/03/2021

Respondent: Corey Cyhanko

•Road and area cannot support a further 142 houses.
•Moss Carr Road is incredibly busy with parked cars, and is effectively one-way with cars having to wait to pass. Addition of 103 homes at KY18/H is bad enough. Further homes at KY19/H will made congestion unacceptable.
•The bridge over the river at Park Lane is extremely busy with buses, cars and lorries travelling into Long Lee, Parkwood and over to Harden. The bridge is almost one vehicle at a time.
•Requirements to tackle this bridge as part of new housing developments has never materialised and developments have still been built. When will this be addressed?
•Long Lee does not have the capacity in schools, shops, amenities to support additional homes.

Object

Representation ID: 13208

Received: 20/03/2021

Respondent: David & Valerie Caven

Number of people: 2

Lack of local amenities.

Very poor transport links - Low Bridge at Coney Lane is inadequate increased traffic and the bus service is only hourly, despite locals lobbying the bus company.
Loss of greenfield/belt sites – erosion of character

No evidence of local demand for extra houses

KY18/H 103 Houses off Moss Carr Road has progressed as far as to have an application for outline planning permission (19/04151/MAO) pending consideration.

Poor land drainage, pollution hazards from old mine workings, loss of habitat for wildlife, poor local roads etc please refer to these detailed and considered objections against this proposed major development.

Also we note that the council owned land at Moss Carr Crags is not designated as CO1 Open Space and Recreation on the plan even though it has a clear metal notice identifying it as 'Moss Carr Recreation Ground' and children play on this area.

Object

Representation ID: 13334

Received: 20/03/2021

Respondent: Heather Lister

Moss Carr Road is already incredibly busy with parked cars, and much of the street is effectively a one way system now, where only a single car can pass at any one time.

Impact on local road and traffic - bridge over the river at the bottom of Park Lane is also single track and has huge amounts of traffic due to buses, cars, lorries and more travelling this way both into Long Lee, Parkwood and over into Harden and beyond.

Lack of local facilities (1 school, 1 pub, 1 shop) in Long Lee to support proposals.

Object

Representation ID: 16291

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Keighley Town Council

KY18/H is a large site situated on Moss Carr Road, it is a greenfield site, and it is proposed that 103 dwellings are built on this land.

Moss Carr Road is a particularly narrow road at the access point of this site. Due to the type of housing many vehicles are parked both sides of the road and cars travelling this road must proceed carefully. The land itself is waterlogged and extremely boggy. This can be seen quite clearly from the road due to the vegetation that is growing. It backs on to Moss Carr Avenue the gardens of which are regularly flooded. It should be noted that the land in the Victorian era was used for mines and when mines collapsed these were not excavated nor were the bodies of the miners who died below ground.

Object

Representation ID: 17472

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Julian Thomas

KY18/H is a large site situated on Moss Carr Road. It is a greenfield site where103 dwellings are proposed to be built. Moss Carr Road is a narrow road and is unsuitable for main access to the proposed site. Vehicles are parked both sides of the road due to the lack of driveways .People using this road already have to be careful due to congestion without the proposed additional houses and a potential further 200 vehicles. The site is waterlogged as can be seen from the road due to excessive plant growth. The existing drainage cannot cope with the excess water that runs down Moss Carr where regular flooding occurs to the houses in Moss Carr Avenue.

Object

Representation ID: 28265

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Member of Parliament (Conservative)

Green belt should not be considered for development as it is in contravention to Governments aims and objectives.
Local Authorities should maximise the use of brownfield sites before considering changes to Green Belt boundaries.
There are no exceptional circumstances to justify releasing sites from Green Belt protection. All other reasonable options to meet housing need should be considered.
Inadequate proposals have been presented with regards to upgrading local infrastructure to cope with proposed extra housing. and extra pressures on local services.
There is no clear vision to increase passenger capacity on local public transport. This is in contravention to the Governments Decarbonising Transport strategic priority.
No justification for the proposed housing numbers identified to warrant removal of areas of Green Belt.

Object

Representation ID: 28479

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Chris Voisey

Contrary to plan “protecting and enhancing existing open spaces, green spaces, networks and corridors”.

Table B omits the “Type” of area (included in table A), therefore is not clear which sites and how many sites are on green belt land.

Green Belt should remain as such land.

What grounds are being used used to determine that Green Belt land, and agricultural land, should be developed for housing?

There are enough other more suitable sites without re designating these sites.

Access - Moss Carr Road is already busy with parked cars reducing the street to effectively a one way system.

Park Lane Bridge reduced to single carriageway and supports huge amounts of traffic. Previous requirements that any new development tackle the problem of this bridge.

Amenities - Long Lee does not have the capacity to support hundreds of new homes.

Impact on a natural habitats for birds, ducks, migrating geese, herons and stalks.

Comment

Representation ID: 28652

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Environment Agency

Site in Flood Zone 1 ONLY
Mitigation should be set above the 1 in 100 plus cc level for the site as suitable for the proposed vulnerability classification (EA standing advice should cover this).

If the site is considered Greenfield then surface water discharge rates post development should be restricted to the pre development Greenfield discharge rate. If the site is considered Brownfield then there should be a 30% reduction in surface water discharges, or restricted to Greenfield rates, there should be no increase in brownfield surface water discharge rates post development. So as to support prevention of cumulative increases to flood risk and should be in line with SuDs design principles.

For developments near ordinary watercourses we would recommend an 8 metre easement strip along the length of the riverbank, or a 45degree angle from the bed in the case of culverts, to be kept clear of permanent structures such as buildings. This is to maintain access to the riverbank for any improvements or maintenance. A Flood Defence Consent may be required for the LLFA for works in/affecting an ordinary watercourse.

For main rivers, we generally require an 8 metre easement strip along the length of the riverbank to be kept clear of permanent structures such as buildings, or a 45degree angle from the bed in the case of culverts. This is to maintain access to the riverbank for any improvements or maintenance. Environmental Flood Risk Activity Permits may be required for development near rivers.

It is possible the sites within close proximity to Flood Zones 3b, 3 and 2 may be subject to future risk identified within the SFRA (to follow) which may affect its allocation or how development should be sequentially laid out on the site.

Consideration must be made to making space for water and providing betterment in terms of flood risk management where ever possible.

Object

Representation ID: 29399

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

Whilst the site is located outside of the boundary of the Saltaire World Heritage Site (WHS) buffer zone it is within an area where tall buildings could affect its setting. The development of this area could harm elements which contribute to the significance of the World Heritage Site.
Development on this site is unlikely to be built to a height that would be visible from the World Heritage Site, and thereby impact upon the Outstanding Universal Value of Saltaire. However, given that this is highlighted as a risk in the Saltaire World Heritage Site Management Plan (2014) it would be prudent to identify it as a development consideration in the Local Plan pro forma for this site.
Site KY18/H, add the following additional Development Consideration to the site pro forma: ‘Development must avoid impacting upon the Outstanding Universal Value of the Saltaire World Heritage Site through affecting long distance views of the Site.’

Object

Representation ID: 30050

Received: 18/03/2021

Respondent: Lucy Brown

Moss Carr Road is already busy with parked cars and is effectively one-way, where only a single car can pass at a time. With both KY18/H and KY19/H the congestion will be unacceptable. Where will these people park? How will Moss Carr Road handle this increase in vehicles?

The bridge at Park Lane is almost a single car at a time bridge and already has huge amounts of traffic travelling to Long Lee, Parkwood and to Harden. There were requirements years ago for any development in Long Lee to tackle the bridge but nothing has been done and hundreds of houses have been built. When will it be addressed?

Long Lee does not have the capacity in amenities to support hundreds of new homes.

KY19/H is beautiful, farmed green belt land and should be protected. It is a natural habitat for many birds.