Response from Dr Richard Taylor (Individual)
1. Dr Richard Taylor (Individual) : 30 Aug 2011 14:11:00
Settlement (e.g., Natland)
South Ulverston
Site reference number (e.g., RN298#)
RN244#
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. Access to the site RN244# would either be from Swarthmoor Hall Lane or via Hallfield:
• Swarthmoor Hall Lane is narrow with poor visibility particularly at the junction with
Urswick Road and was not designed to cope with a large increase in traffic such as building
on that field would generate.
• Hallfield was not designed to be a through road - it is narrow, with three bends and
because of covenants placed on the houses when they were built, front gardens have to
remain open-plan. Children play on these gardens and the road and it is therefore
unsuitable for construction traffic or an increase in domestic traffic.
2. Swarthmoor Hall is a tourist attraction and a retreat centre which would lose some of its
unique character if houses were built any closer to it than they are already.
I therefore strongly oppose building on this particular site on the grounds of
both poor access and the nearness of a heritage site
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
