Response from Mrs Ella Baker (Individual)
1. Mrs Ella Baker (Individual) : 12 Aug 2011 16:35:00
Settlement (e.g., Natland)
Kendal North (Ullswater Road)
Site reference number (e.g., RN298#)
R124
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. The land is already subject to flooding from a stream running through the field which is very steep. My garden backs onto the field and there is a small drain in the field which then runs under my garden. However this is subject to regular blockage and my land is then inundated with a fast flowing stream. In 2009 this also resulted in flooding on Ullswater Road and, if it was not for a local resident unblocking the field drain and the road drains, the flooding would have crossed the road into houses there. Please note that the Council and the field owner were not interested in doing anything. Any building on the field would result in a massive loss of natural soaking into the ground therefore causing heightened danger of flooding onto my land and Ullswater Road.
2. There will be a considerable increase of traffic on Ullswater Road, Grasmere Crescent and Peat Lane. There will also be resultant increases at the bottlenecks on Appleby Road and Sedburgh Road as traffic attempts to leave or come into Sandylands. This is already horrendous at times without any extra housing.
3. Loss of privacy to my home. The field rises steeply behind my home with any new houses being above the level of my apartment and therefore looking straight into my bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.
4. The field rises very steeply to the railway main line which is on an embankment above that. If there was to be a similar derailment to the tragedy at Grayrigg the train would roll down the hill into the houses with serious risk to life.
5. A loss of green land and natural environment on the edge of Kendal.
6. Almost certain reduction in value of existing property on Ullswater Road.
7. Local schools are already over-subscribed so where will any new resident children go?
Please indicate whether you support, support in part or oppose a reduction in the time span of the Land Allocations document
No view
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
