Local Development Framework Consultation

Kendal

R17#

Oppose

I have previously made comments about the site, under the reference at the time of PS206(R17), supporting its maintenance as an open space, and for allotment use. I wish to make the following observations on the alternative scheme suggested for housing.

This proposal would result in an unsatisfactory form of backland development with very narrow and inappropriate access.

The land slopes steeply and its development would cause detriment to the privacy of dwellings on Castle Green Close.

Development of this land could also intrude into the view across open fields from the A684 road from Sedbergh, particularly if, as seems likely, trees had to be removed to accommodate the development. The green fields and more distant views over the town and the countryside from the Sedbergh road form a vitally important setting for the town.

To my knowledge the whole of this site has been used for allotments and garden land since 1974 and was in use prior to that. None of the land has been left to lie fallow and it has been consistently cultivated and used. There is a shortage of allotment land in Kendal, with a waiting list, and the loss of this area would contribute to that shortage.

Housing development on R17 would put at risk the colony of rooks in the adjoining fields and would interfere with the important wildlife corridor which has built up through the cultivation of this land.

The final stretch of Castle Green Close approaching the access to the site is very narrow and already has problems with parking and access for residents and utility vehicles. The increased use of the road and the loss of the garages and their use for parking would add to these difficulties.

Support

A shorter time span will allow the Council greater flexibility to respond to changes in circumstances and government policy.

Option A - Allocating sites for houses and employment in the Land Allocations document

The Land Allocations document gives an opportunity for housing and employment sites to be put forward and also for those sites obviously unsuitable to be identified and if necessary protected. If local communities and local initiatives bring forward schemes which are in line with Core Strategy policies there would seem to be no reason why the Council should not consider them.

Kendal

R100#

Oppose

I have previously given my support to the Council’s proposal to designate this land as Amenity Space. I wish to reiterate my opposition to any proposal to put housing on this site and would ask for my previous responses to be taken into account.

Kendal

R154#

Oppose

I wish to oppose this alternative proposal RN154# for housing. I have previously given my support to the Council’s proposal to designate this site and the adjoining site R100 as Amenity Space. I shall be grateful if the views I have previously expressed with regard to the importance of this land in the setting of Kendal and views to the Kendal Castle and the wider countryside, can be taken into account in the consideration of this matter.

Kendal

M40#

Oppose

This site to the west of Burton Road, together with the adjoining site R140#, forms part of an important protected landscape which has always been regarded either as an Area of Great Landscape Value or latterly as County Landscape in planning policy documents. The mixed development proposed would be inappropriate, contrary to policy, intrusive in the landscape and detrimental to visual amenity . It is part of a landscape which forms the beautiful setting of Kendal when viewed from the A65 on approaching Kendal and when leaving.

In contrast, the area between Oxenholme Road and Burton Road has not been so designated.

The creation of additional accesses from Burton Road would be detrimental to highway safety.

The land is steeply sloping and any development would be prominent and inappropriate. It would be detrimental to the character of the setting of Helme Lodge and The Lodge cottage and would be injurious to the amenities of the residents of those properties.

Kendal

R140#

Oppose

This site to the west of Burton Road, together with the adjoining site M40#, forms part of an important protected landscape which has always been regarded either as an Area of Great Landscape Value or latterly as County Landscape in planning policy documents. In contrast, the area between Oxenholme Road and Burton Road has not been so designated.

The mixed development proposed would be inappropriate, contrary to policy, intrusive in the landscape and detrimental to visual amenity . It is part of a landscape which forms the beautiful setting of Kendal when viewed from the A65 on approaching Kendal and when leaving. Any development on this site, with its open character of agricultural fields, sloping down to the Burton Road, would be prominent and inappropriate. It would be detrimental to the character of the setting of Helme Lodge and The Lodge cottage and would be injurious to the amenities of the residents of those properties .

The creation of additional accesses from Burton Road would be detrimental to highway safety.

Kendal

R121M

Oppose

Kendal

R121M, RN302#, ON50#