Local Development Framework Consultation

South Ulverston

E19# MN6# M11M#

Oppose

I strongly oppose the proposed retail development of this green gap site which is outside the Development Boundary of Ulverston for the following reasons:

1.OUT OF TOWN development such as the huge superstore would lead to the total death of Ulverston as a viable market/tourist town. A site as large and expensive to purchase as this means every acre would have to be utilised - encompassing every type of retail from food/electrical/clothing/opticians/pharmacy etc Why no one need ever go into town again - because no other business could hope to compete with development on this scale.
Any low paid employment created would be of low added value merely replacing those jobs lost in the closure of town centre shops, with no economic contribution to the area.

2.Traffic on the A590 is already extremely high volume and dangerous. More RIBBON development such as proposed would mean the congestion gets worse. It is accepted that ribbon development increases congestion, so couple that with continuous superstore traffic at both ends of Ulverston will surely result in more traffic misery with a narrow urban corridor that will be like a 'bypass' of the town centre.

3.The green gap at M11M# provides valuable drainage to both the A590 & the B roads whose run off water is carried onto it and then courses down lower to our fields. Any loss of greenfield to concrete would have an adverse affect on the A590 which despite efforts to rectify has standing water at Hillfoot/Pennington Lane Ends every time it rains and is flooded long after the rest of the carriagway is dry.

4. The proposed retail (superstore)use of this site would for residents have a huge impact on an already difficult blind 'pull out'whether by car or cycle due to the increase in traffic. Presently we have known quiet traffic times but with retail there would be a 24/7 element and increase in traffic, disturbance and noise that at present is predictable and we do get some respite from. Also residents would have loss of privacy and increased smells/pollution.

5. M11M# is home to many species of wildlife you expect to find in farmland including bats,small mammals, foxes, owls and recently we have been seeing the red kites here too. It is designated Green Gap and should not be sacrificed so that an individual can profit at the expense of the town. It would be unheard of to reinstate fields.

We feel there is no justification for the release of MIIM#, in part or as a whole, from its current Green Gap allocation consistent with the LDF and Government current and future planning policy,the development of a large supermarket would be completely contrary to that policy as well as undermining the vitality and viability of Ulverston Town Centre.

Support in part

needs to be long term

Option A - Allocating sites for houses and employment in the Land Allocations document

It must not be left up to developers