Response from Mr & Mrs David & Janet Fellows (Individual)
1. Mr & Mrs David & Janet Fellows (Individual) : 2 Sep 2011 15:27:00
Settlement (e.g., Natland)
Ulverston
Site reference number (e.g., RN298#)
E19#
Please indicate below whether you support, support in part or oppose the suggestion that this site be included in the Land Allocations document.
Support in part
Please explain your reasons/add your comments below
This site may be suitable for business or light industrial use, complementing similar nearby sites but would certainly be very unsuitable for retail use as has been recently been mentioned in the local press. Not only would access be directly out on to the A590 trunk road, which, to bring a degree of safety would require another roundabout adding one more bottleneck to the smooth running of goods, services, etc, in and out of Low Furness but it would be big nail in the coffin of the town’s retail centre.
The site is 0.5 miles from the Coronation Hall area and 0.6 from the Market Cross. For the average pedestrian this equates to around a 15 minute walk. On the other, Eastern, side of the town, we have Booths, a fine supermarket but 0.6 miles from the Coronation Hall area.
As keen geographers we have for over 40 years studied many towns of a similar size to Ulverston. The message is clear. For a town centre to survive it needs some free or modestly priced parking and a walking (footfall) distance of no more than five minutes to the central parts of the town. In Clitheroe, Lancs' where a population of 16,000 supports four supermarkets and a busy town centre, the large Sainsburys store is no more than a five minutes walk to the very heart of the centre.
Booths has already siphoned off much of the town centre "total spend". To put another store, eg. Sainsburys at the other extremity of the town would spell disaster!
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
