Response from Mrs Karen Garstang (Individual)
1. Mrs Karen Garstang (Individual) : 7 Sep 2011 21:24:00
Settlement (e.g., Natland)
Swarthmoor
Site reference number (e.g., RN298#)
R686SW/R685SW/RN234/242/243,244
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
1. Does Ulverston require a housing development plan on such a large scale? Looking at what has been put forward we are looking at an area roughly the size of the existing Croftlands estate! Where is the demand/ people to warrant such an increase? And more importantly where are the jobs? Surely the most important thing is to bring/ increase the job opportunities within the town so as to warrant new housing. And how much of the proposed increase includes affordable housing for first time buyers? To which, incidentally is very important.
2. Urswick road is already very busy with traffic coming from not only the existing housing on and around this area but also by residents of the new estate on High Carley, Swarthmoor and by traffic coming off the A590 to get to other parts of the town so as to avoid going through the centre of Ulverston. Any increase in housing is only going to make an already situation worse.
3. Flooding/drainage - this area is quite badly effected by flooding. Will future building work include plans to alleviate the problem or will it make matters worse? As for the drains we have a tanker coming at least once a week if not twice to clean out the drains on the junction of Birkett Drive/Urswick Rd. During warm spells the smell emitting from these drains is disgusting! Again any increase in housing is just going to make it worse. I do not believe the existing drains would be able to cope.
4. The market town of Ulverston and the village of Swarthmoor have their own identities and by “narrowing” the green belt between these two settlements will spoil the uniqness and history of the area. The farmland between the two is also used for organic farming. Surely this should be encouraged and by taking away valuble farmland will have a detrimental effect rather than a positive one. It is also an area full of wildlife and any loss of habitat will drastically affect the natural eco system in the area.
But the most important point is that to lose the existing “green area” between Ulverston and Swarthmoor will have a damaging and irreversibly negative effect on the individual identities of these two settlements.
Please indicate whether you support, support in part or oppose a reduction in the time span of the Land Allocations document
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