4 responses from Dr Peter Edward (Individual)
1. Dr Peter Edward (Individual) : 12 Apr 2011 10:33:00
Settlement
Levens
Map Number
10 Levens
Site reference number (e.g. R62) - If your comment is about a specific site you must indicate the correct site reference.
R682LVM
Housing
Oppose
Please explain your reasons
There are two distinctive features which define the character of Levens village. One is the sweeping open views across agricultural land to the Lyth valley and the distant fells as you head north out of the village from the (now closed) Post Office and along the Brigsteer Road. The other is that when you look back at the village across the Lyth valley the village looks remarkably less built up, and therefore less intrusive on the view, than it actually is because most of the housing on the west side of the village is shielded behind trees. Development on this site would drastically intrude on both of those features. It would totally change the 'feel' of the village making it feel much more built up and enclosed as one headed north as well as depriving villagers of one of the best and most expansive views from near the village centre. The development would also be very visible from across the Lyth valley which be totally out of character with the impression that the rest of the village gives to inhabitants and visitors enjoying the unparalleled scenery in this area. In fact this is such an ill-advised location for development in Levens, striking at the heart of what gives this village its character, that it beggars belief that it has even made it onto these maps.
2. Dr Peter Edward (Individual) : 12 Apr 2011 10:34:00
Settlement
Levens
Map Number
10 Levens
Site reference number (e.g. R62) - If your comment is about a specific site you must indicate the correct site reference.
R121
Housing
Oppose
Employment
Oppose
Open space
Support
Please explain your reasons
I am aware that while this site is not included in the SLDC consultation it has been proposed for housing by the parish council in the past. As stated also in my response on R682LVM, there are two distinctive features which define the character of Levens village. One is the sweeping open views across agricultural land to the Lyth valley and the distant fells as you head north out of the village along the Brigsteer Road. The other is that when you look back at the village across the Lyth valley the village looks remarkably less built up, and therefore less intrusive on the view, than it actually is because most of the housing on the west side of the village is shielded behind trees. Development on this site, particularly since illegal felling of the trees below the site a few years ago which would otherwise have shielded the site from view from across the valley, would significantly intrude on both of those features. It would make the village look much more built up from across the valley and would remove what is one of the few and best views in the village down over the Lyth valley towards Morecambe Bay.
3. Dr Peter Edward (Individual) : 12 Apr 2011 10:35:00
Settlement
Levens
Map Number
10 Levens
Site reference number (e.g. R62) - If your comment is about a specific site you must indicate the correct site reference.
RN121
Housing
Oppose
Employment
Oppose
Open space
Support
Please explain your reasons
I am aware that while this site is not included in the SLDC consultation it has been proposed for housing by the parish council in the past. As stated also in my response on R682LVM, there are two distinctive features which define the character of Levens village. One is the sweeping open views across agricultural land to the Lyth valley and the distant fells as you head north out of the village along the Brigsteer Road. The other is that when you look back at the village across the Lyth valley the village looks remarkably less built up, and therefore less intrusive on the view, than it actually is because most of the housing on the west side of the village is shielded behind trees. Development on this site, particularly since illegal felling of the trees below the site a few years ago which would otherwise have shielded the site from view from across the valley, would significantly intrude on both of those features. It would make the village look much more built up from across the valley and would remove what is one of the few and best views in the village down over the Lyth valley towards Morecambe Bay.
4. Dr Peter Edward (Individual) : 12 Apr 2011 10:36:00
Settlement
Brigsteer
Map Number
17 Brigsteer
Site reference number (e.g. R62) - If your comment is about a specific site you must indicate the correct site reference.
RN214
Housing
Oppose
Please explain your reasons
While I am in favour of affordable housing in Brigsteer this does not seem to be an appropriate site. At present there is a very clearly defined natural boundary as you leave the village and turn up the valley here. There is a strong sense of passing out into the countryside, in an area that is likely to become part of the national park extension. Building on this plot would be an unnecessary and undesirable encroachment of the village into the landscape. Surely it would make more sense to designate RN213 for affordable housing or to build the affordable housing in the land between RN213 and RN214 rather than on RN214.
