AD1/H - Turner Lane

Object

Representation ID: 4122

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Miss Elaine Ackroyd

I object to building on this Green Belt site as it contributes to the destruction of one of the last wildlife areas at the top of Addingham. It would also lead to an unacceptable amount of extra traffic coming down the Moor Park area.

Object

Representation ID: 4129

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Residents of Moor Lane, Turner Lane, Moor View and Moor Croft, Addingham

Agent: Airedon Planning and Design

This site is not in a sustainable location and is part of an overallocation of housing for Addingham. The site includes part of an avenue of mature trees that are used by bats on a regular basis. The site would exacerbate flooding and drainage issues in the lower parts of the village.

Object

Representation ID: 4192

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Anne Thompson

This is a green belt site and is incredibly valuable as it provides a buffer between the bypass, Silsden Road and the village.
The field is surrounded by established trees and the field itself is an important resource for rabbits, rodents and so on which feed our colony of pipistrelle bats and tawny owls that roost here. Treecreepers are also frequent visitors. The green belt is a precious commodity and it seems that the proposed use of this for housing does not meet any of Bradford's criteria and certainly not the NPPF test.
Turner Lane is a very important route along the Dales Highway and use of this site would impede the enjoyment of countless walkers, ramblers and cyclists.
This site is far too distant from village amenities and would require potential residents to use cars to reach local shops, health centre and schools.This would not be a sustainable development!

Object

Representation ID: 4235

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Julie Reid

Green Belt.
If any housing is built here it will need a deep buffer zone of trees/hedging on the side nearest the bypass to protect residents from noise and pollution.

Object

Representation ID: 4253

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Catherine Binns

Worsening of drainage issues. Limited employment within the village. Increased volume of traffic. Lack of capacity in schools. Loss of agricultural land. Lack of local amenities. Enviromental issues

Object

Representation ID: 4301

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Arthur Allsop

Taking away more green belt. Increased traffic and noise pollution etc. Moor Lane and Moor Park Drive will not sustain more traffic, Moor Lane in particular already congested with parked cars. Facilities in Addingham fall short for these developments. There is only one shop at the bottom of the village. Anyone living on Turner Lane will most likely drive to the local shop and the Main Street is already one big parking lot

Object

Representation ID: 4324

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Ms Jill Wilkens

I object because:
This is green belt land and will result in loss of habitat in a scenic and sensitive natural area, which will significantly impact natural views around the village.
The area is in close proximity to the moor; wild birds, bats and deer are frequently seen. The area provides a wildlife corridor and a significant habitat for wildlife.
The village school and medical centre are already oversubscribed. Children will have to travel to schools out of the area impacting their sense of local community. As public transport is limited, especially in the evenings, additional new housing will increase the already extremely high levels of local traffic.
There are many viable brown field alternatives, e.g. in Shipley and Bradford.
The development is non-compliant with the Addingham village plan and the Bradford council's own policy of a zero carbon future.

Object

Representation ID: 4329

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Jenny Irving

Far too many houses. If it were 10 that would be more acceptable in order to reduce traffic flow and pollution.

Object

Representation ID: 4334

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Ms Sarah Davis

I object because:
This is green belt land and will result in loss of habitat in a scenic and sensitive natural area, which will significantly impact natural views around the village.
The area is in close proximity to the moor; wild birds, bats and deer are frequently seen. The area provides a wildlife corridor and a significant habitat for wildlife.
The village school and medical centre are already oversubscribed. Children will have to travel to schools out of the area impacting their sense of local community. As public transport is limited, especially in the evenings, additional new housing will increase the already extremely high levels of local traffic.
There are many viable brown field alternatives, e.g. in Shipley and Bradford.
The development is non-compliant with the Addingham village plan and the Bradford council's own policy of a zero carbon future.

Object

Representation ID: 4350

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Catherine Thompson

There are no plans for access to the A65 so all vehicles will have to come through the village. Residents park cars on the street in Addingham as houses generally do not have parking spaces. Although there is a bypass the Main Street is always very busy and busses, lorries, vans and farm vehicles use it.
Addingham and Ilkley have limited school places already.

Support

Representation ID: 4361

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Addingham Environment Group

AD1/H Turner Lane - This is a greenfield site, but is a grazed grassland with relatively low biodiversity value. It is acceptable as a housing site, subject to an ecological survey to identify any biodiversity concerns and mitigate impacts. The mature boundary trees and drystone walls should be retained.
Our principal concern is the distance of the site from the village centre which is a deterrent to walking or cycling.

Support

Representation ID: 4437

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Allan Moffat

Some additional housing in the village is certainly required. The smaller sites within the plan are perfectly reasonable providing the necessary additional investment in infrastructure and education is made.

Object

Representation ID: 4459

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Simon Flather

This site is currently green belt and there is no reason for this to change. The site is over a mile from the centre of the village and is also uphill from there. This means that there will be a significant increase in traffic to service the site and the existing roads of Moor Lane and Moor Park Drive do not have the capacity to provide this. Building on this site will also increase the potential for flooding as the existing drains could not cope with extra capacity. Additional housing will put extra pressure on local schools which are already at capacity as well as the doctors. There are few job opportunities and leisure facilities are limited. The site is also over 400m from a bus top and public transport is limited. There are brownfield sites available closer to Bradford. Please stop this plan.

Object

Representation ID: 4559

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Jillian Hargrave

This site is over 1 mile from the surgery, school and convenience store, and so will mean many more cars being used, adding to congestion along
Moor Lane and in the village. This is clearly not sustainable.
No elderly residents will walk that distance to the surgery, and no parents will walk their young children that distance to the school. The return journey is all uphill, being fairly steep in places.

Support

Representation ID: 4594

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Christine Smith

This site may not have direct access to the A65, but vehicles could exit the village at the junction of Skipton Road with Silsden Road, to the roundabout with the A65, and therefore not necessitate extra cars driving along Main St, which is busy enough without extra traffic.
It is, regrettably, a green belt site, but will not be as deleterious to village life as some other sites proposed, so long as an ecological survey does not identify problems.

On the other hand, residents of houses on this site may not be willing to walk/cycle into the village centre, and, as above, additional vehicles in Main St would be unwelcome.

Object

Representation ID: 4598

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Jim Turnbull

I object to the planned housing in Addingham area designated AD1/H on these grounds :
1. The designated area is at the end of an existing housing estate and there is only one road into/out of the area. There is already excessive traffic on the access road. Further building on this site will incur far too much extra traffic.
2. The infrastructure of the village, the village school and medical centre are already oversubscribed, and would not cope with the additional number of inhabitants proposed.
3 The area provides a safe habitat for significant numbers of wild life and provides wildlife a corridor away from the main centre of the village.
4. Public transport to the village is limited, particularly in the evenings. Because of this, the additional housing proposed would introduce much more traffic in already busy roads.
There are many brown field sites in other areas more suitable

Object

Representation ID: 4671

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Miss Mary Jenner

I object to the Turner Lane site. Building on these green fields will negatively effect the appearance of the village. The site is next to an established nature reserve - many habitats are in this area. Building here will damage wildlife and environment (not a good idea in the current climate). Additionally, this site is next to a busy children’s play ground and recreation field. The building works and then resulting added traffic will be a disaster waiting to happen with children around.

Object

Representation ID: 4844

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Judith Ellis

Increased traffic up Moor Lane - pollution, safety, children playing out, inappropriate to rural environment. Destruction of tree lined access road. Destruction of rural nature of Turner Lane. All traffic will have to use Moor Lane. Old field drains will be interupted exacerbating the flooding / run off issues that exist already on turner Lane. This field should be kept as a buffer between the village and the bypass. The houses will not be affordable for local workers, only retirees and commuters. We don't need more retirees in Addingham, and commuting should not be encouraged at all. building in areas like this destroys the very virtue you are trying to promote i.e. a 'highly attractive village with historic character and a special setting in the landscape'. Building more houses cannot 'conserve and enhance' this. Building should take place on brown filed sites near sites of employment.

Support

Representation ID: 4859

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Gill Battarbee

This site is adjacent to an existing new housing site and service roads are in place. However the distance from the centre of the village and the slope may deter pedestrians and cyclists potentially increasing the traffic congestion in the village centre.

Object

Representation ID: 4946

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Charlotte Flather

1.Traffic, moor lane is an accident waiting to happen.
2.Bats and Owls nest in the tree on the field., we value our green space for nature.
3.Drains and flooding, local gardens have become a bog, so is the field
4.too far from the village centre always in your car, therefore more traffic, Moor lane is a nightmare.
5. Impact on mental Health
6.noise and conjestion of the centre of the village.
8. plenty of other brownfield sites in Bradford which would be closer to transport links etc.
9.we are a Village!!!!
10. We dont have the infrastructure to cope with more traffic or housing.
11. No opportunities for employment, everyone gets in their cars to go to the train station in Ilkley!!!

Object

Representation ID: 5003

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Gillian Fletcher

On green belt land.
Access through Moor Park estate which has already a great deal of traffic mostly coming out where there is a children's school crossing.

Object

Representation ID: 5017

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Adrian Weatherly

Addingham doesn't have the infrastructure to support this level of housing . and will result in heavy traffic congestion.

Object

Representation ID: 5061

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Joseph Sewell

1. traffic is a nightmare, moor park drive is a narrow road and moor lane is an accident waiting to happen.
2.nature, bats and owls live here!
3.Addingham is a village, keep it that way.
4. Impact on mental health
5. I have to drive to work and to the train station, more traffic, more pollution
6. the addingham bypass is dangerous doesnt need more traffic it needs speed cameras!!
7. No shops, I have to go to Ilkley/Leeds
8. Not for young people, mostly old people live up here.
9. The drains are bad and moor lane floods
10. Beautiful to walk up here

Object

Representation ID: 5269

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Suzanne Garside

Inadequate access with narrow residential roads
The increase in traffic on already busy streets that carry a 20mph speed limit would mean it would not be safe for children to play out
Already there has been large lorries for some new builds flying up Moor Park drive at speed.
It is some distance to a simple shop or post office so a car will inevitably be used by people that choose to live there.
Planning houses so close to the road would not be good for residents due to pollution for the bypass
It is an existing green belt site
There is evidence of flooding
It would no doubt have an impact on destruction of mature trees and original walling

Object

Representation ID: 5385

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Paul Sharples

This is green belt land at the top end of the village.
There is limited access. Village facilities and amenities are not sufficient to meet additional needs of proposed housing.
Use of this site would significantly increase traffic along Moor lane and Moor Park drive. New homeowners are likely to drive into village for shops/school due to distance..Increase road safety risk.
Likely adverse impact on wildlife as site surrounded by mature trees.

Object

Representation ID: 5451

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Andrew Coates

Agent: Rural Solutions

Although the site can provide for a density of 32.7 dwellings per hectare, housing development here is perhaps the furthest it can be from the services and facilities of Addingham Local Centre. It is not within walking distance to the primary school within the settlement. The recommended guidance for walking distance to services is 400 meters.

The site, along with AD6/H and AD7/H, has a significant impact on the openness of the green belt in that it protrudes into the rural transport corridor whereby only sporadic farmstead development exists at present.

Notably, acknowledgement is made that sensitive site design is required to mitigate impacts on landscape character.
We dispute that this is a sustainably located green belt site, as it needs to provide more than just contiguity with a settlement boundary when there are other sites that are within the recommended walking distance to services and facilities within the community.

Object

Representation ID: 5469

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: CPRE West Yorkshire

We’ve not been able to visit the site ourselves but concerns have been brought to our attention by local groups in Addingham. In addition to the strategic level, we have noted these specific concerns which point to unsustainable outcomes from these allocations:

AD1/H - distance of the site from the village centre which is a deterrent to walking or cycling
AD3/H - not located near public transport
AD6/H - Only part of site within 400m of a bus stop with two services every hour; distance from the village centre will be a deterrent for walking and cycling

The sites proposed for Addingham, like many other sites across the district, are proposed to be built within green belt land and at a gross density as low as 16dpha on one site (AD7/H).

Object

Representation ID: 6035

Received: 01/03/2021

Respondent: Kathleen Smith

I object to the proposed housing developments on green belt land in Ilkley, Addingham and Burley in Wharfedale.

Apart from destroying the environment, are there plans to increase the infrastructure to accommodate the large numbers of residents who will occupy the houses. Our schools are full and the existing residents have difficulty getting an appointment at our doctors' surgeries.

The traffic through Ilkley is horrendous and parking is impossible at the weekends.

During the week people travel to Ilkley to take the train into Leeds or Bradford and park their cars on the roads outside resident's houses making peoples lives a misery.

If these proposals go ahead, no doubt in the future Addingham, Ilkley and Burley will become one if further development is allowed.

Please take into consideration the views of the people who live in these areas and reject any further development on green belt land.

Object

Representation ID: 7822

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Philip Galtry

AD1, AD2, AD6 and AD7 to the southwest of the Moor Park Estate in Addingham. Together these 4 site allocations represent 81 additional dwellings. The plan itself states that access from the main A65 will not be possible, thus these additional dwellings will all need to be accessed via Moor Lane or Moor Park Drive. The addition of so many dwellings will negatively impact the residents of this estate; 81 dwellings in an increase of over 50% on the number of houses currently in the estate.

Object

Representation ID: 8005

Received: 08/03/2021

Respondent: Ross Henderson

This is a greenfield site in a greenbelt zone which goes against everything that we should be looking to do in order to achieve a net zero society.
Whilst there are still brownfield sites withing Bradford Council’s boundaries we should not be looking to irreversibly destroy the greenbelt
There are other developments planned in Addingham which are not greenfield in the greenbelt and I have no objections to these (AD2/H, AD3/H, AD5/H, AD8/H) as I recognise there is a need for additional housing.