Response from Mr John Preston (Individual)
1. Mr John Preston (Individual) : 5 Sep 2011 17:30:00
Settlement (e.g., Natland)
Kirkby Lonsdale
Site reference number (e.g., RN298#)
R146#
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. As this land is significantly higher than Fairbank, unless drastic re-levelling was undertaken, any properties on this site would "over-look" properties on Fairbank such as Glebe Court and The Old Schoolhouse. There would be an intolerable loss of privacy. The land is roughly at roof level to The Old Schoolhouse.
2. Traffic to and from the site. a) There is already a significant parking problem on Fairbank which has resulted in CCC painting double yellow lines to control parking. It would become necessary to ban parking throughout Fairbank, which in the absence of alternative parking facilities, would cause major problems in the town centre (and act as a disincentive to visitors).
b) The principal access to the site would be via Mitchelgate, thence to Fairbank. From the site principal egress from Fairbank would be via Market Street and Main Street. Neither Mitchelgate nor Market Street and Main Street are suitable roads for increased traffic (and cannot be improved).
3. The site at present acts as a visual link between the urban town centre and the surrounding countryside. If built upon, the link is lost and Kirkby Lonsdale becomes ever more urban in nature, ceasing to be a "country" market town.
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
Any purchaser of property in Kirkby Lonsdale, surely has a right to know whether and where there will be further development, firm for a decent period of time. Reducing the plan period increases the sense of this being a lottery. In any case it looks probable that economic forces will constrain development for at least the next five years
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 A - Allocating sites for houses and employment in the Land Allocations document
Please explain your reasons/add your comments below
As above (2), there should be certainty ahead as which sites are to be developed and which are not.
