Response from Mr Derek Whitmore, Kentrigg West Action Group
1. Mr Derek Whitmore, Kentrigg West Action Group : 13 Apr 2011 11:17:00
Or, other document if it does not appear in the list above
Comments about all the documents and approach
Do you support, oppose or support in part this section of the document
Oppose
Please explain your reasons
There must be hundreds if not thousands of pages full of text spread across numerous documents, reports, appraisals, fact files, topics within the Local Development Framework (LDF) which has been going on now for a number of years.
How on earth do you expect the ordinary person on the street to be fully conversant with all the information/text of the above documentation? How do you expect people who have no computer to be able to comment on anything at all to do with The Local Development Framework in this format?
There is a requirement to identify on which page, which paragraph no., which document/report/appraisals/fact files/topic etc. within the LDF framework policy you would like comments on?
Logically If you wanted to design a complex policy consultation response system that very few people would be able to respond/complain/object/comment on, then this is it.
As a result of the above comments and in an attempt to engage with constituents residing in the local area who will be affected by development at sites R170M, R148 and R149 the Kentrigg West Action Group has taken their AoL Consultation Response documentation on to the streets and canvassed for support within the local areas of Burneside Rd, Charles St, Aikrigg End/Ave, Kentrigg Walk, Applerigg, Kentrigg, Kent Lea, Briarigg Estate and parts of Acre Moss Lane and Moorfield Close. As a group we managed to visit some 310 Dwellings during a 6 week period collecting more than 350 Consultation Response Forms all supporting opposition to the proposed Development. Subsequent analysis of those 310 dwellings visited identified 80% of respondents were against the proposed development at Sites R170M, R148 and R149.
