Response from Ms Lesley McCanney (Individual)
1. Ms Lesley McCanney (Individual) : 24 Apr 2012 15:07:00
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.
I am writing to object to the proposed LDF for Burton in Kendal. We have lived in this village since 1992 and have seen the amenities shrink so it seems incredible that housing should expand. The pressure that the new development would put on the sewage, drainage, roads and pavements would be intolerable. The access would also be under strain, at busy school times now it is grid-lock getting around the village. As of yesterday, when Burton Butchers closed, we have one shop in the village. We used to have the shop, a bakers, a post office, a bank, a hairdressers, two pubs and a garage at either end of the village. There is no employment locally for any residents and a bus service which you can only take at limited times of the day, putting more pressure on the roads. The car parking in Burton has always be problematic without another potentially 146 more cars - and that is only counting one car per household. There must surely be more sensible places to build where there is employment, health services, shops, public transport and space etc..
