3 responses from Mrs Olive Norma Reddish (Individual)
1. Mrs Olive Norma Reddish (Individual) : 23 Mar 2012 00:05:00
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Policy/Site No.
LA1.3 Housing Allocations - R339# ALLITHWAITE LAND SOUTH OF GREEN LANE
1.1 Do you consider that the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD is legally compliant?
Yes
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 justified in that it is not founded on a robust and credible evidence base and/or is not considered the most appropriate strategy when considered against the reasonable alternatives.
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.
On the first consultation you asked for comments on Field R339 which we gave. Also our opinions on other sites and the plan in general.
Field R339 then appeared on the next consultation document as an important Green open space giving the impression that it was not going to be considered for housing and field R69 was a proposed site to be considered for housing.
It would appear that after further representation of both the owner of field R339 and of the steering committee that it has been decided to substute R69 for R339.
Due to the fact that I was unavailable to attend the Public meeting and my belief was that the document proposals by South lakeland that R339 would remain a green area would be held.
I was somewhat surprised to find that these proposal had been changed. My concerns are to the change of plans and the effect upon Green Lane/Vicarage Road. I believe that the majority of residents in the Green Lane/ Vicarage Road/ Templand Garth end of the village would also be under the same misapprehension that I was.
The proposal to build more housing in Allithwaite is not proven or justified, especially when the village house is offered for a low rent to local people and the Parish Council says that it is finding it difficult to find a suitable local family.
This tends to indicate that the low cost property will not be set at a price that the local people will be able to buy and the homes will go as 'high price' second homes, further eroding village life. The low cost housing on the Greendales site in the village I believe also had difficulty in attracting local buyers due to their cost. There are still properties in the village that have been for sale for a long period of time which would make one wonder if more housing was necessary.
From past experience once a farmer has sold a couple of fields because 'they were a distance away from the farm' or other such excuses the next step is that it is no longer economical to farm the fields he has left so they become more housing. Boothstown in Lancashire, where we previously lived, increased by at least 4 times it size in 10 years, most of it on green fields. This field is only a stones throw away from it's farm. As our previous comments stated Green Lane/ Vicarage Road are too narrow to take the traffic that not only further housing would bring but also the heavy traffic that the building of such properties would entail. It would remove what is the only green area in this part of the village, a site which would be enjoyed by all Green Lane if the farmer had not obscured the view from its residents by allowing the trees/bushes to remain untrimmed for many years.
3.1 If your representation is seeking a change, do you consider it necessary to participate in the oral part of the examination?
NO, I do not wish to participate at the oral examination
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2. Mrs Olive Norma Reddish (Individual) : 10 Apr 2012 22:42:00
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Policy/Site No.
LA1.3 Housing Allocations - R339# ALLITHWAITE LAND SOUTH OF GREEN LANE
1.1 Do you consider that the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD is legally compliant?
Yes
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 justified in that it is not founded on a robust and credible evidence base and/or is not considered the most appropriate strategy when considered against the reasonable alternatives.
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.
The recent proposal that this site should be accepted in preference to other sites around the village does not take account of previous applications for the field to have houses built upon it which have been refused. The reasons for refusal have not changed as the last decision of the 20/04/1993 stated:-
Planning application No. 5930396
Conditions/Reason for refusal: 5/93/0396 LOWER ALLITHWAITE: Land off Green Lane,Allithwaite. Affordable Housing [18 dwellings] [Listed Building adj] [Priory Building] REFUSED for the reason below:-
[1] The site is not allocated for development in the Cartmel and Furness Local Plan and forms an important open space in the village that development in the form of the submitted location, layout and design would detract from the attractive charactor of this part of the village in a manner which would be unnaceptable even if the dwellings met a local housing need and would moreover by reason of its layout encourage further development to the greater detriment of the charactor of the locality.
Since this refused application the land is now being offered with a proposal for 22 houses, a village green area and an extention to the existing graveyard. This is a hypothetical proposal. If a developer obtains this land it would not be in their financial interest to follow this hyperthetical proposal and would result in the field being developed fully to realise the maximum profit. Property developers are not altruistic. Also it is not as easy to sell properties which encroach upon graveyards, especially one's as St Mary's which is in current use and due to the loss of many trees over recent years the excavation of graves carried out with 'diggers' can already be observed.
3.1 If your representation is seeking a change, do you consider it necessary to participate in the oral part of the examination?
NO, I do not wish to participate at the oral examination
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3. Mrs Olive Norma Reddish (Individual) : 11 May 2012 10:32:00
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Policy/Site No.
LA1.3 Housing Allocations - All Allithwaite sites
1.1 Do you consider that the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD is legally compliant?
Yes
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 justified in that it is not founded on a robust and credible evidence base and/or is not considered the most appropriate strategy when considered against the reasonable alternatives.
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.
The proposal to build more housing in Allithwaite is not proven or justified, especially when the village house is offered for a low rent to local people and the Parish Council says that it is finding it difficult to find a suitable local family.
This tends to indicate that the low cost property will not be set at a price that the local people will be able to buy and the homes will go as 'high price' second homes, further eroding village life. The low cost housing on the Greendales site in the village I believe also had difficulty in attracting local buyers due to their cost. There are still properties in the village that have been for sale for a long period of time which would make one wonder if more housing was necessary.
From past experience once a farmer has sold a couple of fields because 'they were a distance away from the farm' or other such excuses the next step is that it is no longer economical to farm the fields he has left so they become more housing. Boothstown in Lancashire, where we previously lived, increased by at least 4 times it size in 10 years, most of it on green fields. This field is only a stones throw away from it's farm. As our previous comments stated Green Lane/ Vicarage Road are too narrow to take the traffic that not only further housing would bring but also the heavy traffic that the building of such properties would entail. It would remove what is the only green area in this part of the village, a site which would be enjoyed by all Green Lane if the farmer had not obscured the view from its residents by allowing the trees/bushes to remain untrimmed for many years.
3.1 If your representation is seeking a change, do you consider it necessary to participate in the oral part of the examination?
NO, I do not wish to participate at the oral examination
Please tick the box if you wish to be notified when the document is submitted, published and adopted.
Please notify me
