Local Development Framework Consultation

3. Evidence Base

3.3 and Question 2 - I do not feel that a balance has been struck between the suggested demand for housing and the sustainability of the pressures on the wildlife within the villages, the amenity provided by the existing open space and the number of jobs available within the area to support an increasing population.

3.5 and Question 3 - Many parts of the villages within the AONB have very narrow streets and there seems to me to be a lack of information as to how the requirements for public safety along roadways, the need for car parking for visitors and residence can be squared with the provision of further housing. The road into Milnthorpe from Arnside is, in my opinion dangerous and the problems have been exacerbated by a lack of safe access to the recent housing in the area. Warton is congested along te main street, Silverdale at certain times of day has few parking spaces close to the amenities. At Silverdale Road Arnside there are no footpaths in part and this has become a more serious problem in recent years. More houses in these areas will increases the danger and the pressure for parking. Site A105 for instance has no access from the public highway and no frontage on a road or track where parking would be practical. The building of houses on the filed/allotments has excerbated parking andtraffic problems with no obvious solution.

4. Vision and Objectives

Vision and objectives

Question 4 - There does not appear to be sufficient mechanisms which will allow a rational balance between development and protection of the character of the AONB. How does 4.4(3) work in practice?

In Silverdale there is no public foul drainage system. How will you measure the effects of new development on the ground water quality and are you aware of the subsurface drainage of the area and how it impacts the natural environment?

5. Policy Issues

The number of houses it is suggested for the SLDC area are 400, there should be a clear view on the suggested requirement for the AONB as a whole and within each community.

Tthere is no suggestion how the need for 72 houses in Arnside equates to the plan. Will this mean 216 houses in 15 years. This is not attainable or rational.

Q6 The proportion of affordable housing needs to be high at 40%, but this reduces the opportunities for developers and thus pressure on the development of largersites which will seriously impact on the character of the area.

Q7. I believe that new housing for local people will provide a sustainable control on the pressure for inappropriate larger developments.

Q7. I see no reason why local builders cannot achieve a reasonable provision of new affordable sustainable houses.

Q9. There is in adequate provision for the redevelopment of brownfield land. Each year there should be a balance between the development of new sites and brownfield to ensure remediation over the period of the DPD.

Q15. There are, along some streets inadequate parking for visitors and inadequate access for vehicles. These areas should be identified and new development halted until the access traffic problems have been addressed. The pressure for more car parking should be addressed, but not at the cost of losing valuable amenity land such as that along Station Road Arnside.

Site A2 should be open space.

Site A7 should be retained a s Open space as it is adjacent to the Red Hills Fields. The current use of the land should be retained.

Site A8 should be retained as an open space

Site A11 supports valuable wildlife and should be returned to open space. The adjacent recently constructed houses along the road are fine, but additional pressures along this road would damage the character of the village.

A12 retain as open space as above.

A14 retain as open space

A15 this land has been under pressure for many years and it is a valuable opens space and level amenity for the nearby older people.

A17 Poor access and damage to the local amenity make this land adjacent to the cemetery and farm land of good quality retainable as a woodland.

A18 land with poor access and to develop this wuld damage the character of Arnside.

A19 Another opens spac ethat doesn seem to me to be suitable development land.

A20 Permantly maintained a s open space.

A22 The land to which I refer above. A car park here woud be seriously damaging to the character of the village.

A24 as above.

A97 Retain as open space.

A105 The wildlife that this garden has supported includes hedgehogs, frogs toads newts and many bird species. Infilling such sites damages the character of the village, puts pressure on access and parking and threats wildlife that rely on larger gardens to supplement their natural environment.

A106 This lands is a valuable amenity, it floods and to raise the site levels would seriously damage this aspect of the village along one of the access roads.

A107 A valuable open space which is part of the character of the village.

7. Delivery of Development

Question 27 Please see above comments on sites.

Q27 Any development plan should have an implementation plan that is phased through time. As the housing needs have been assessed on a 5 year demand, this should be reviewed and phased every 5 years to ensure suitability and protection of the area from inappropriate development.