AD5/H - Chapel Street

Object

Representation ID: 383

Received: 22/02/2021

Respondent: Mr Neil Godden

This site has major access issues. Chapel street is too narrow already (single file to main street). Any additional traffic on Back Beck Lane (which should be pedestrianised anyway - it's too narrow for modern vehicles) is going to end up with a serious vehicle/pedestrian accident. It is crumbling into Back Beck anyway. So - it's only 5 houses but that could be many additional car journeys down roads already unsuitable for road vehicles. On a practical note I can see no way of getting large construction vehicles to the site!!

Object

Representation ID: 448

Received: 25/02/2021

Respondent: Mr Alfonsas Paulauskas

I have concerns about preserving the wildlife corridor along the Back Beck area, and it appears a very tight access to area AD5/H.
Generally the village will be open to all the problems of extra traffic, pollution, congestion, parking etc, plus danger of flooding because of reduction
water absorbing fields, and reduction of wildlife and plant species.

Support

Representation ID: 614

Received: 01/03/2021

Respondent: Ms Eleanor Phillips

I support development of this brownfield site.
It will however displace children living further from the primary school from accessing their own village school.

Support

Representation ID: 896

Received: 07/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Alan Haigh

Since the old first school was demolished, this site has been outlined for building

Object

Representation ID: 992

Received: 08/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Louise Robinson

While not necessarily objecting to the stated policy aims (Policy SP4), I do not believe the selected site AD5/H is suitable within this. The site, whilst previously being the site of a school, is now rewilding and would be well used as a nature reserve. The proposed development of houses there would cause significant access issues, the only current access being from the narrow Chapel Street. The potential alternative of School Lane is also narrow in places without pavement. Both streets are used by children walking to and from school who are necessarily in the road due to lack of pavement. The access issues make this site unsuitable.

Object

Representation ID: 1197

Received: 10/03/2021

Respondent: Mr John Fontana

This part of the village is an extremely attractive part, well used by residents of the village for recreational purposes. The proposed development would greatly affect this. Traffic flow along Back Beck lane is currently one way along a very narrow lane. The potential use of this by residents of the new estate to get to Bolton Abbey and Ilkley would lead to severe congestion and pedestrian safety issues on a lane that is used for access to the primary school. The atmosphere of the area would be very detrimentally affected. This part of the village should be preserved for the enjoyment of all residents of the village.

Object

Representation ID: 1271

Received: 11/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Briony Holdsworth

This is the most important part of the village to protect, as it is a haven for wildlife, and a much needed tranquil area near the centre of the village. Access is very poor and the extra traffic would create congestion on narrow lanes. So PLEASE do not develop here. This area needs to be maintained and developed as a nature reserve. Thank you.

Object

Representation ID: 1426

Received: 13/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Susan Robins

Site AD5/H is entirely unsuitable for housing.
1. Access is extremely difficult
2. It is the richest wildlife site in the village for butterflies, birds, bats and bees
3. It directly adjoins the village conservation area and the very well-used, beautiful footpath leading up through the fields to Highfield House. Building would be visually detrimental to this area

Object

Representation ID: 1625

Received: 15/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Charlotte Jarvis

As you will note I have been supportive of all the other proposed developments, as I recognise there is a need to build more homes. I object to the development of site AD5/H, as it will sverely impact on the local residents of Addingham, especially familes with young chidren and elderly residents, as the route along Chapel lane, from the Main street past Sugar Hill is a very popular route for walks in the village. At present this route is all but traffic free and so is a safe route for walks. One of the key attractions of this route for walks is looking over the fields (often with sheep) where the proposed development is planned. So the planned development will not just create a more dangerous route for wlaks, but also significantly affect the views from this walk

Object

Representation ID: 1642

Received: 15/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Rachael Sharples

Although this is a brownfield site , it is a site of high biodiversity. The best place for butterflies and a wide range of birds. It would disturb the Back Beck/Long Riddings green/blue infrastructure corridor which is used extensively by wildlife and people - it allows families and independent children safe traffic free passage to the primary school. The whole area could be designated as a Local Greenspace and managed as a village wildlife reserve.
The proposed access would further damage wildlife and biodiversity. For five houses the village would lose a lot and gain little.

Object

Representation ID: 1654

Received: 15/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Richard Hannam

I consider development on this site to be unacceptable. Since the school closed over 20 years ago it has been rewilding, and it is now the richest site in the village for wildlife, especially birds and butterflies.
Roe deer are frequently seen. Any development at all on the site would be damaging for the site itself and for adjacent habitats including the woodland, the open grassland at the back and the beck that runs along two sides of the site. It would also impair the safe tranquil environment of Back Beck lane corridor used especially by children and parents on their walk to and from school.

Object

Representation ID: 1764

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Chris Penny

I cannot believe that this area is being considered for housing. The access to this site is via a very narrow and quiet road that is currently used by schoolchildren on their way to and from the primary school. There are no pavements because there is not the room! Current traffic levels are very low and I am concerned that even a small increase in the amount of regular traffic will lead to a serious risk of accident here. Also, this site has become a lovely area for observing nature and contains an ancient hedge and trees with preservation orders. I am also concerned that this proposal is the thin end of the wedge and that development of the rest of the site will follow. Please just leave this area alone.

Object

Representation ID: 1779

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: 1852

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Matt Robinson

The main objection relates to access. Chapel Street and School Lane are both too narrow and both are largely pedestrian. Many children walk along both on the way to school. Moreover both are heavily used by leisure walkers. The eastern exit from School Lane is only wide enough for one-way traffic and expansion is impossible due to residences on both sides. Any traffic routed through School Lane would need to be routed through the western exist, meaning cars would need to travel the entire length of School Lane (single track), causing maximum disruption.

Object

Representation ID: 1871

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Wes Wilcox

Chapel Street is quite crowded with cars with nowhere to pass and cannot handle any additional traffic.

More importantly, this area is well along with rewilding on its own and must be left alone. 5 houses does almost nothing for the total, but could destroy this spot. The other sites are much better for building.

Object

Representation ID: 1937

Received: 17/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Jane Welby

I object for the reasons identified by the Addingham Environment group i.e. it has a "very high intrinsic biodiversity value". Additionally access to the site is a concern with Children using the route to walk to school which may deter walking children to school resulting in increased car use and further congestion outside the school.

Object

Representation ID: 2028

Received: 17/03/2021

Respondent: Professor Rick Battarbee

A site with a very high intrinsic biodiversity value. The whole site is rewilding. There is a mosaic of habitats including the running water of the beck on two sides, woodland along the edge of Back Beck, boundary hedgerows with hedgerow trees, and tussocky grassland, with a wet flush. Development on this site as unacceptable.

• These habitats support highly diverse wildlife populations.
• The site forms part of the Back Beck/Long Riddings ‘green/blue infrastructure’ corridor and provides a tranquil space for both wildlife and people, and a safe very well used walking route to school
• Light and noise pollution would create disturbance leading to loss of wildlife;
• The proposed new access would severely damage beck, woodland and grassland habitats adjacent to the site

The whole site should become a community wildlife site and we are campaigning vigorously for such an outcome. Flood risk issues are then immaterial

Object

Representation ID: 2102

Received: 18/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Ian Viner

In addition to the loss of the biodiversity which has naturally occurred on this site since it has been left to re-wild, vehicular access is very difficult to this location. Chapel Street is already difficult for motor vehicles whilst creating access from School Lane would consume a significant area of green space relative to the number of homes it would support.

Object

Representation ID: 2133

Received: 18/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Paul Wood

This part of the village does not have safe vehicle access for new residents or people delivering to their properties at this site.
Back Beck Lane is extremely narrow and heavily used by pedestrians: in fact this lane should be made a bridleway and closed to vehicle traffic altogether.
Chapel Street is extremely narrow and difficulties frequently arise when vehicles meet in opposite directions. The turn at School Lane/Chapel St is difficult and should not be loaded with more traffic.
School Lane is also narrow and congested with parked cars so although that is the most suitable access point it is still not fit for purpose and there is also the risk that if used as an access point vehicles will travel via Chapel Street anyway.

Object

Representation ID: 2239

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Malcolm Secrett

Any development on this site as unacceptable for housing because
• It's habitats support highly diverse wildlife populations.
• It forms part of the Back Beck/Long Riddings ‘green/blue infrastructure’ corridor linking the green spaces within the village to the open countryside beyond, providing connectivity and a tranquil space for both wildlife and people.
• I also strongly oppose the housing on the site on the grounds of access. The proposed new access from School Lane would severely damage beck, woodland and grassland habitat that occur in the designated local green space adjacent to the site leading to overall loss of biodiversity.
• I consider that the whole site should be designated as Local Greenspace for its biodiversity value and managed as a village Wildlife Reserve, and recommend a full ecological survey to assess the full biodiversity of the site against Local Wildlife Site criteria for a mosaic of habitats.

Object

Representation ID: 2245

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Penny Cheetham

This site is a rich and developing site for wildlife in the village and should be retained as such.
Chapel Street is a very narrow road which should not take more traffic, and Back Beck Lane is used for walking not traffic.
No houses should be built on this site.

Object

Representation ID: 2326

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Susan Penny

The only access to this site is onto a very narrow road with no pavement, along which large numbers of children walk to and from the school. A corner of the site abuts a sharp blind bend which children must negotiate. Hardly any traffic currently passes this way, so the children are relatively safe, but any increase at all would present a clear danger to schoolchildren. Although the initial proposal is for only a few houses, doubtless there would be a future push to extend this. Traffic from this new development would also be exiting onto Main Street via the narrow single carriageway of Jubilee Terrace, which is already a hazard to pedestrians.
Apart from these considerable safety concerns, this greenfield site is a wildlife haven much loved by villagers. It contains an ancient hedge and several TPOs. Please leave this as it is!

Object

Representation ID: 2486

Received: 20/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Janet McCutcheon

This land which was the former Primary School despite all the odds has reverted back to nature. So despite having a concrete pad, wildlife has moved in and is thriving in this quite backwater.
In addition the access from Chapel Street very narrow and impractical and will be dangerous from the Main Street (single track) or School Lane (no-one will use an access via School Lane, everyone will cut through) or use Sugar Hill (also single track)
When this land was a school, everyone walked to school, so access wasn't an issue (apart from staff access, which was chaotic)
Loss of habitat, drainage issues, impractical access must make this impossible as a development site, emergency access would be a nightmare.

Object

Representation ID: 2620

Received: 20/03/2021

Respondent: Professor Robert Smith

This is a small site at the heart of the village. Environmentally it is an important area currently undergoing rewilding - housing here would disrupt vital bird and butterfly life and disrupt the ambiance of a popular area for walkers. The access into the main part of the village would be difficult and undesirable.

Object

Representation ID: 2633

Received: 20/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Richard Partner

This area need a more considered development plan to work with the environment groups suggestion, but removal of old footings and walls from the old school should be considered to return to a more natural landscape

Object

Representation ID: 2641

Received: 20/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Hannah Partner

This site needs further consideration. Access would be poor, via small residentail roads. This site is a brownfield site and needs further development as the footings of the old school are still present, which are unsightly and of no use. However, other development ideas may be more appropriate (nature area rather than housing).

Object

Representation ID: 2675

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Kevin Nabb

We are against any location that brings traffic into the village, in particular the Old School site which has over the years turned back into a great habitat for wildlife. Over the years we have seen deer, bats, owls, foxes, rabbits, and an amazing array of birds just to name a few. Access to and from this site is very tight. Chapel Street is already down to a single lane along with Back Beck Lane. We estimate that 60 % of children (150 children, plus parents) walk to school along these roads every day. It's also well used by dog walkers, ramblers and cyclists. Therefore there are health and safety issues related to increased traffic. Environmentally it would be a disaster to develop this land.

Object

Representation ID: 2694

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Miss Lesley Barnard

Although this site has previously been developed, it is now an essential habitat for wildlife, particularly birds and butterflies and is a tranquil space adjoining the fields and beck.
As every other corner in the centre of the village has been built on it provides a favourite place to observe nature for passing schoolchildren and adults alike.
To suggest that access to the site be provided by a new route from School Lane is ludicrous and an increase in traffic onto Chapel Street to the Main Street is truly unacceptable.
Although it is a comparatively small development it's would still have a hugely detrimental effect on the area.

Object

Representation ID: 2702

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mr David Finnett

Although technically a brownfield site this is in fact a quiet and peaceful wildlife haven which, together with the adjoining woodland and hedgerows, would be all but destroyed by building on it. It also adjoins the beck which would be at risk of contamination both during and after building work. Access to the site is extremely narrow and limited. A new access road would destroy even more land and the peaceful surroundings for existing residents. This land should be kept in its semi-natural state for all village residents to enjoy.

Object

Representation ID: 2771

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mr William Johnston

Access to this area will require a major redevelopment to the roads etc destroying the character of the area.