Response from Mr Stephen Wray (Individual)
1. Mr Stephen Wray (Individual) : 22 Aug 2011 06:17:00
Settlement (e.g., Natland)
NATLAND
Site reference number (e.g., RN298#)
RN256
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
The development of site RN256 for housing would damage the attractive green belt area that surrounds Natland. Approaching from Natland Road it would look like a modern development and a suburb of Kendal. The scale of the proposed site is disproportionally too large for the size of the village and would ruin the character of a traditional village.
The proposed use for housing would lead to the loss of important agricultural land which form part of the village setting.
Traffic from the proposed development would still travel through the village centre to access the A65 to avoid the traffic at Romney roundabout and bridge. Helme Lane and Oxenholme Lane are both single track used by residents of the village, walkers, horse riders, farm vehicles and is a bus route. They could not cope with the inevitable increase in the volume of traffic from the proposed development RN256.
The development would blight and spoil the quality of life, privacy for the many surrounding properties.
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
I believe the current view on planning will change in the next 10 years and we may regret building on our green belt land as is the present thinking. More use should be made of brown field sites and limited the number of 2nd/holiday homes that are empty for most of the year. We should protect farming land, we may need it in the future.
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
Option B, but depends on who is making the decisions.