2 responses from Mrs Thelma Aldridge (Individual)
1. Mrs Thelma Aldridge (Individual) : 24 Apr 2012 16:22:00
Policy/Site No.
LA2.13 Mixed Use Allocation at Green Dragon Farm, Burton-in-Kendal
2.1 Do you consider that the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD is sound?
No
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.
BURTON IN KENDAL / HOLME DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
Please find my following comments / objections to your final draft proposal for the above LDF.
- Burton is a village, the proposal area (MN26#-Mod) at Dragon Green Farm for a mixed residential / employment site places industrial units in the heart of the village which is against government guidelines for preserving rural areas.
- Employment sites suitable for further development already exist at Dalton Hall, Clawthorpe Hall, Moss End Farm and the ideally located "NEW" Agricultural Quarter at the junction where the A6070 joins the A65. There is no need for further employment sites within Burton and Holme!
- I know of no other new areas where such a close mix of residential / employment sites has been successfully established. Homes and industrial units DON'T MIX. What about safe access for families and allowing children to play normally, not just in designated areas.
The proposal for (MN26# - Mod) shows 92 homes plus employment units, that means in excess of 138 parking places for vehicles - there is nowhere else in the village! What about garden space? Burton is a village and development should be in keeping with the existing environment. The build density for this proposal is back to the estates of the 1960s which have now been replaced.
Burton in Kendal infrastructure is NOT SECURE for the development of a further 146 houses.
- Main Street, Barker Terrace and Tanpits Lane are still subject to flooding during heavy rainfall
- Run-off water already causes man-hole covers to partially lift at the top of Neddy Hill during heavy rainfall
- Water treatment works serving Burton and Holme has not been upgraded to deal with additional build
- Burton Morewood School is already full
- Pedestrian access from the South (MN26#) and from the North (R76M) is already dangerous with a suitable footpath existing in some places on only one side of the road and by the church, no footpath at all.
146 new homes in Burton increases the size of the village by 710% - I would suggest this is over-development.
There is no demand in the village for 146 affordable houses. Where is this demand coming from? Windermere, Bowness, the Lake District National Park should be required to sort themselves out - not impose their requirements on others
2. Mrs Thelma Aldridge (Individual) : 24 Apr 2012 16:32:00
Policy/Site No.
LA1.3 Housing Allocations - All Burton-in-Kendal sites
2.1 Do you consider that the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD is sound?
No
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.
Burton in Kendal infrastructure is NOT SECURE for the development of a further 146 houses.
- Main Street, Barker Terrace and Tanpits Lane are still subject to flooding during heavy rainfall
- Run-off water already causes man-hole covers to partially lift at the top of Neddy Hill during heavy rainfall
- Water treatment works serving Burton and Holme has not been upgraded to deal with additional build
- Burton Morewood School is already full
- Pedestrian access from the South (MN26#) and from the North (R76M) is already dangerous with a suitable footpath existing in some places on only one side of the road and by the church, no footpath at all.
146 new homes in Burton increases the size of the village by 710% - I would suggest this is over-development.
There is no demand in the village for 146 affordable houses. Where is this demand coming from? Windermere, Bowness, the Lake District National Park should be required to sort themselves out - not impose their requirements on others
