Response from Mr Allan Teasdale (Individual)
1. Mr Allan Teasdale (Individual) : 11 Aug 2011 11:56:00
Settlement (e.g., Natland)
Swarthmoor
Site reference number (e.g., RN298#)
RN315#
Please indicate below whether you support, support in part or oppose the suggestion that this site be included in the Land Allocations document.
Oppose
Please explain your reasons/add your comments below
Story Homes has identified RN315# as an addition to RN109M and as such all the well documented objections to RN109M, also apply to RN315#.
The effect of this proposal would be to create a new development equivalent in size to the existing Trinkeld Park estate and well beyond the housing needs for Swarthmoor already identified by the SLDC planners. This enormous development would be on the opposite side of the A590 trunk road to the rest of the village, with the small exception of the Kingsley Avenue area.
The villagers of High and Low Newton, fought a prolonged battle to have the villages by-passed by the increasingly busy A590 and a major factor in the decision to build the by-pass, was the disruption caused to the lives of residents by the village being divided by the busy trunk road. Yet here in Swarthmoor, not more than 12 miles away, our planners are now seriously considering the creation of an identical situation whereby a large chunk of the enlarged village will be isolated from the existing village by that very same trunk road.
The main argument for development to the west of the A590 seems to be that it will smooth out the western outline of the existing village. No matter that this boundary is a natural consequence of the A590 and should by any sensible reasoning remain as it is.
There is absolutely no need to extend the village to the west when there are clearly much better options available in the vicinity Main Road.
Please indicate whether you support, support in part or oppose a reduction in the time span of the Land Allocations document
Oppose
Please explain your reasons/add your comments below
Hopefully, the longer it takes the better the chance of commonsense prevailing.
Please indicate which of the options for the future housing and employment land needs of small villages, hamlets and open countryside you would support.
Option B - Communities and/or developers bringing forward sites for housing and employment for consideration under relevant Core Strategy policies, through neighbourhood plans and/or other local initiatives
Please explain your reasons/add your comments below
The views of existing residents should take priority and this seems to be the intention of the current government.
