AD2/H - Parsons Lane

Support

Representation ID: 616

Received: 01/03/2021

Respondent: Ms Eleanor Phillips

It is preferable to develop this site than other sites which are green belt.
The access is poor: congested and not maintained with gritting in winter.
There are insufficient school places to support further housing in Addingham.

Object

Representation ID: 706

Received: 03/03/2021

Respondent: Ms Rachel Nickolds

Addingham is a beautiful village, mainly due to the surrounding countryside and the wildlife it encourages. I feel that building houses on green belt surrounding the village will not only take away from the beauty of the area, but will also drive wildlife out of natural habitats. There aren’t many places just a 40 minute drive from the city centre where you can take country walks and see curlews on a regular basis. I also fail to understand how this creates affordable housing when according to your report, the average price of houses in Addingham is £300k, which is almost double the average price of houses in West Yorkshire. There are surely more affordable/non-green belt locations to build houses? I can’t help but feel this is a greedy way of building more expensive and profitable houses, and feel disappointed that Bradford council would prioritise this over preserving the natural habitats.

Object

Representation ID: 895

Received: 07/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Alan Haigh

Excessive building on agricultural site, no direct access, adding more traffic movement, on already narrow roads

Object

Representation ID: 1396

Received: 13/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Rebecca Carrasco

Objecting as this is unjustified to build on Green Belt land when there are plenty brownfield sites available in Bradford. This area is heavily used by walkers and would significantly change the character of this neighborhood.

This is a quiet street and adding more houses will significantly increase the number of cars. I have first hand experience how damaging and dangerous growth is when the infrastructure cannot support it. People are diving more and more dangerously, the roads are small and narrow. This is no place for more cars and heavy construction vehicles.

Schools are at capacity for people living in the village which is just ridiculous. Children will have to make a lengthy and dangerous journey to school in another village when there is a perfectly good school in Addingham.

Object

Representation ID: 1579

Received: 14/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Daniel Keating

1) green belt site
2) inability of local infrastructure to support the new residents

Object

Representation ID: 1605

Received: 15/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Catherine Laycock

As a family we strongly object. There is fartoo much traffic on Moor Lane, inability of sewage system to cope. Cars will be used to access already overstretched amenities in the village. We moved to live on a quiet road to raise our young family. An increase in traffic on Moor Lane will prevent this from happening. It will also possibly endanger lives. Already many houses built recently at the top or Moor Lane which has already increased traffic and put a strain on amenities. It has already destroyed much wildlife and green space. Please do not exacerbate this. The village itself, primary school, high school (in Ilkley) is already under strain to provide resources for the number of houses that currently exist. Addingham will lose its village feel, which is why many people chose to live here in the first place.

Object

Representation ID: 1613

Received: 15/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Rachel Bellerby

The loss of green belt land here is irreversible. Please do not spoil the character of this lovely area by building at the edge of the village when there are other sites nearer the centre. Addingham has had a dispraportionate number of houses allocated than many other sites in the Wharfe Valley and the village does to have the infrastructure to support these new houses.

Support

Representation ID: 1621

Received: 15/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Charlotte Jarvis

I support the proposal for the development of AD2/H, as I recognise more homes are needed

Object

Representation ID: 1703

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Catherine Sweet

Vehicular access is poor. Moor Park Drive would be used as the main access from the estate. Top of Moor Park Drive is very narrow and the turning onto the road acute and vehicles travel upto the top at speed and down the road at speed. Parked vehicles at the top of Moor Park Drive cause a hazard to vehicles turning ontoMoor Park Drive and extra vehicles would cause more pressure on an already pressured estate. Emergency vehicles would struggle too. We are no longer on the gritting run and extra vehicles using this road in bad weather would make it even worse.

Object

Representation ID: 1710

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Miss Melissa Chivers

Building on Green Belt destroys wildlife habitats, ancient hedgerows and open spaces to breath. It’s been obvious and well documented through the pandemic how important these spaces are to our mental health/well being in general. Building on Green belt eventually will sprawl all villages together or into towns - what will they name the new town of Silsden/Addingham? Surely there are more brown sites that could be used and properties, already near or in towns and cities, that could be restored or redeveloped that would then rejuvenate towns and cities that already have an infrastructure that can support more housing - Addingham does not have the infrastructure to support all the proposed housing. Moor Lane is already extremely traffic heavy with cars travelling far above the speed limit, a speed traffic survey is certainly needed now - it’s only a matter of time before a child is injured or dies.

Object

Representation ID: 1763

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Chris Penny

As a resident of Moor Lane I am very concerned about the increased quantity of road traffic that will be accessing these houses via the only two minor roads into and out of this estate (Moor Lane and Moor Park Drive). In addition, we have already seen plenty of examples of vehicles moving too fast down Moor Lane (20mph limit). Vehicles are being unduly concentrated at these two minor access points and I think that this is dangerous. Also, I can't believe that the council is proposing using green belt land to build these houses when there are plenty of brownfield sites in the Bradford authority area - whatever happened to GREEN credentials?

Object

Representation ID: 1776

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Angela Hill

I do not wish to see more traffic on our roads nor the damage to the green belt.

Object

Representation ID: 1787

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Fiona Curtin

Building on this site will add to the drainage and surface water run off problems in this area. With no where to go water will continue to flow down moor land and moor park drive. The current drainage has proved inadequate in recent years with a torrent regularly running down the roads and dangerously forming as ice in winter. The site has poor transport links for commuters results in more cars on the roads and continuing to clog up parking issues in ilkley. Employment opportunities in the village are scare and with unregular and unreliable buses and no train station there will be increased cars on the roads, more traffic, congestion, pollution and carbon emissions. Proximity to local amenities is also an issue over a mile up hill which will necessitate many people driving. What retail does exist is limited and therefore travelling to local towns is necessary.

Object

Representation ID: 1933

Received: 17/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Jane Welby

It is not clear where access to this site would be and given the speed of the A65 it is assumed that this would not be an option. Therefore this proposed site would require access via Turner Lane and therefore would significantly increase the volume of traffic using Moor Park Drive in particular. This would be enhanced by its distance from local amenities which would deter residents from walking to these amenities and to school.

Support

Representation ID: 2022

Received: 17/03/2021

Respondent: Professor Rick Battarbee

AD2/H Parsons Lane – This is a green field site, but with relatively low biodiversity value. It is a grazed grassland paddock in poor condition. As above it is acceptable as a housing site, subject to an ecological survey to identify any biodiversity concerns and mitigate potential impacts. The mature boundary trees and drystone walls should be retained.
Its distance from the village centre will be a deterrent for walking and cycling but as Parish Council-owned land it presents an excellent opportunity to build affordable houses.

This response is on behalf of the Addingham Environment Group

Support

Representation ID: 2231

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Malcolm Secrett

AD2/H Parsons Lane – This is a green field site, but with relatively low biodiversity value. It is a grazed grassland paddock in poor condition. As above it is acceptable as a housing site, subject to an ecological survey to identify any biodiversity concerns and mitigate potential impacts. The mature boundary trees and drystone walls should be retained.
Its distance from the village centre will be a deterrent for walking and cycling but as Parish Council-owned land it presents an excellent opportunity to build affordable houses.

Object

Representation ID: 2316

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Susan Penny

It rather looks as if work has already started on this site which is up for consultation! Large lorries are carrying topsoil from the site down Moor Lane at regular intervals. The main problem with this greenbelt site would be the increase in traffic down Moor Lane. Moor Lane is already busy with traffic failing to observe the 20mph zone, and further traffic will only increase the dangers to pedestrians, especially children walking to school.
Development of this site would only be acceptable to me if a new access road onto the bypass/roundabout were to be created.

Object

Representation ID: 2342

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Lesley Place

This proposed development is in green belt designated land. Green belt should always be protected wherever possible. There must be many opportunities for brown field sites to be developed in the metropolitan area before green belt has to be considered.
The development would be visible from the main A65 road so would diminish the rural village character and appearance of the western end of Addingham.
The development is at the furthest end of Addingham so is fairly remote from the majority of village amenities. There is limited bus services and people nowadays are reluctant to walk any significant distance for shopping etc. This will therefore result in an increase in vehicle traffic on the residential roads of Moor Park Drive and Moor Lane, resulting in increased pollution and danger to children and pedestrians.

Support

Representation ID: 2613

Received: 20/03/2021

Respondent: Professor Robert Smith

If there has to be housing built in the area this is one site which could be considered as not greenbelt.

Object

Representation ID: 2627

Received: 20/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Richard Partner

The density of housing proposed for this site is disproportionate to the road access. New dwellings on the periphery of the village are a long way from local services. New children to the area are unlikely to be accepted into the local school given their proximity to the school and the current capacity as a single class intake. If there were considerations to link Parsons Lane to Silsden Rd via other developments this would create a potential rat run through a 20 mile an hour residential zone. The recreational fields below this land are often flooded most of the year and any developments uphill from valuable community recreational facilities will have a negative impact on flooding.

Object

Representation ID: 2640

Received: 20/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Hannah Partner

The density of housing proposed for this site is disproportionate to the road access, even wth road improvements. New dwellings on the periphery of the village are a long way from local services. New children to the area are unlikely to be accepted into the local school given their proximity to the school and the current capacity as a single class intake. Similarly access to the limited village services are more than 1 mile away.

Object

Representation ID: 2688

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Miss Lesley Barnard

Once again this is a destruction of our green space bringing an inevitable dramatic increase in traffic and noise with this having a detrimental impact on the existing residential area.
People choose , or have in the past chosen, to live in Addingham in the hope that they will have peace and quiet in pleasant green surroundings.
This is gradually being eroded by the irrational planning consents issued by Bradford Met.
Does anyone on the planning committee actually spend any time in the Village to experience how busy it already is?
We cannot sustain any increase in traffic which will damage and seriously affect our environment.

Object

Representation ID: 2718

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Andrew Holden

Policy SP3 sets out a Hierarchy of Settlements in the plan, and identifies that the Regional City of Bradford (with Shipley and Lower Baildon) will be the prime focus for housing. The Local Service Centres such as Addingham, smaller scale development will allow for ‘the protection and enhancement of those centres. I simply cannot understand why based on the figures Addingham had been allocated over a 10% increase as opposed to other more suitable areas in other areas.
Furthermore, the designated land on the western side of the village is Green Belt and is covered by a protection zone. Building on this land is clearly inappropriate because there are 2 protection zones covering Addingham, lack of supporting infrastructure, risk of increase flooding, significant increase of traffic in Moor Lane/Moor Park and main street in the village leading to increased risk of accidents.

Object

Representation ID: 2723

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Lisa Holden

Policy SP3 sets out a Hierarchy of Settlements in the plan, and identifies that the Regional City of Bradford (with Shipley and Lower Baildon) will be the prime focus for housing. The Local Service Centres such as Addingham, smaller scale development will allow for ‘the protection and enhancement of those centres. I cannot understand why based on the figures Addingham had been allocated over a 10% increase as opposed to other more suitable areas.
Furthermore, the designated land on the western side of the village is Green Belt and is covered by a protection zone. Building on this land is inappropriate because there is lack of supporting infrastructure, limited employment opportunities, drainage issues increasing the risk of flooding and will lead to significant increase of traffic in the immediate area and the main street of the village leading to increased risk of accidents.

Object

Representation ID: 2752

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mr William Johnston

Drainage issues are a concern, this field along with the one already built on are wet land. The additional car density resulting from this development and all others at this end of the village represents a safety issue - the roads are narrow and have parked cars - the higher traffic density will be a danger to people of all ages. More houses results in more "white van" delivery traffic which tend to travel are high speed.

Support

Representation ID: 2770

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Miss Elizabeth Rutter

Subject to ecological survey

Object

Representation ID: 2806

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Robin Hargrave

Being over 1 mile from the surgery, school and convenience store will mean many more cars being used, adding to congestion along Moor Lane and in the village. This is not sustainable.
No elderly residents will walk that distance to the surgery, and no young children will walk that distance with their parents to the school.

Support

Representation ID: 2838

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Christine Makowski

Acceptable subject to ecological survey .
Keep drystone walling and mature trees .

Object

Representation ID: 2925

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mr David Hunter

This is a greenfield site and is a long way from any of the facilities in the village meaning an increase in traffic would result from its development with all of the associated impacts of pollution and noise.

Object

Representation ID: 2952

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Geoffrey Thompson

1. This field was left in a bequest to the residents of Addingham and is owned by the Parish Council. They have stated that it is not available for development.
2. This is another field on the green belt and if the current pandemic has taught us anything it is that our open spaces should be preserved at all costs. The number of walkers along Turner Lane has increased dramatically during the various lock-downs and they have greatly enjoyed the open areas.
3. Again, this site is far too distant to local facilities and would require the use of cars for shopping, visiting the doctor or taking children to school.
4. There are fare more available sites centrally in the village with easy walking access to facilities.