Response from Mr Edgar Baines (Individual)
1. Mr Edgar Baines (Individual) : 2 Sep 2011 14:41:00
Settlement (e.g., Natland)
South Ulverston
Site reference number (e.g., RN298#)
M11M#
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
Mixed employment and residential may or may not be appropriate for this site, but Retail is not. It is an edge-of-town site and the adopted Core Strategy for Ulverston states, as a key challenge and objective, "Improving the vitality and viability of Ulverston town centre, to ensure it remains competitive and expenditure is retained locally." Retail on M11M# would reduce the vitality of the town centre and is unnecessary as Ulverston already has almost all the shops one could want and expect from a small market town; Barrow has the rest. I believe the site is also in a green belt and while housing and jobs are important, retail in this area is not.
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
Please explain your reasons/add your comments below
Government devise the strategy, others should implement that strategy in accordance with existing planning regulations. Mistakes or problems with Land Allocations document will only come to light when development is proceeding, by which time it is too late to remedy. Case-by-case consideration is much more flexible and adaptable to changing times and circumstances.