Response from Mr Brian Loveless (Individual)
1. Mr Brian Loveless (Individual) : 20 Apr 2012 08:28:00
A typed or handwritten document was submitted. This has been scanned and can be downloaded below:
Policy/Site No.
LA1.3 Housing Allocations - R697 & part R242 ULVERSTON CROFTLANDS EAST
2.1 Do you consider that the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD is sound?
No
2.2 If NO please identify which test of soundness your representation relates to by selecting the relevant option(s) below and completing section 2.3.
The DPD is not effective in that the document is not deliverable, flexible or capable of being monitored.
2.3 Please give details of the change(s) you consider necessary to make the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD sound, having regard to the test you have identified at question 2.2 above.
It would be helpful if you could state your proposed change to the DPD and the reasons why you think it is necessary.
I consider that the SLDC's Land Allocation Development Plan consultation process was unsound with regard to the land adjoining Parkhead Road in Ulverston as the issues regarding flooding and sewerage overload raised in my email of 7th February 2011 have not been addressed
Those issues concern the underground stream that runs under plot R242. After wet
weather this sometimes overflows and comes to the surface causing flooding on the
lower lying parts of the plot (photos enclosed). At their worst, these floods have
encroached to within 30 metres of our front door. We are concerned that any
construction work may damage or further restrict the underground drainage, causing
worse flooding. Also, at present the floodwater is clean, since it drains off fields.
However if houses are built on the part liable to flooding, then the water could
become contaminated with sewage.
The stream has its origins in higher ground to the west ofMountbarrow Road, and
flows underground through the limestone until it eventually reaches the surface as a
powerful spring by the roadside near the North Lodge of Conishead Priory.
The stream normally causes no problems except after very wet weather, when the
capacity of the underground watercourse to the east of Parkhead Road becomes
inadequate. The stream then rises to the surface in a series of temporary springs
which flood the fields to the south. As the restricted underground watercourse is a
natural geological feature, it is difficult to see how the flooding could be remedied
without extensive underground operations to run a diversion past the point(s) of
constriction, if these can be identified.
To my knowledge, South Lakeland District Council have made no attempt to address
this problem.
