2 responses from Mr & Mrs Mike and Susan Denison (Individual)
1. Mr & Mrs Mike and Susan Denison (Individual) : 18 May 2012 08:54:00
Policy/Site No.
LA1.3 Housing Allocations - RN152 GREENODD LAND AT THE OLD VICARAGE
1.3 Please give details of the change(s) you consider necessary to make the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD legally compliant, having regard to the test you have identified at question 1.2 above.
It would be helpful if you could state your proposed change to the DPD and the reasons why you think it is necessary.
Mike and I are oppose to the church field RN152 at Pennybridge being developed and to leave it as it is an agricultural field. 22 dwellings completely overlooking our property, no privacy inside or out, taking light. Concerns over on-going sewage problems down to the new treatment plant which is not working properly at present because of these problems it is a worry to us.
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.
There are currently 9 houses and 1 pub for sale within Penny Bridge / Greenodd as well as a number of uncooupied houses which have been up for sale or to let for a long time. So if you can't get them occupied that means people are not moving into the countryside.
- Loss of landscape and amenity
- Topography
- Impact on church, graveyard etc. and impact on funerals, weddings, grave visits
- Loss of agricultural land / greenfield site and potential impact on agricultural employment
- Known issues such as drainage / ground water / surface water in the field
- Concern over existing sewage problems upstraim of the new sewage treatment plant (which is not working properly at present because of these problems)
- The primary school is presently full / at capacity with little scope for expansion
- Major concerns over access / traffic both during construction and thereafter
- The likely devaluation of existing neighbouring properties, impact on light etc. for those properties and the fact that they will be overlooked by any development
- The LDF document refers to the site as being an 'infill site', which is inaccurate as there is no existing development to the south of the field and it can easily be argued that development would not constitue 'rounding off' and that it would not be 'well located in relation to existing services and facilities'
- There are relatively few mature trees bordering two sides 'shielding the Church and existing dwellings on R291': in fact, the beech trees to the south of the field represent a significant danger to any future development
- The reference to the document that development would 'safeguard the Crakeside Business Park and Crakeside Works as local employment areas' is tenuous at best because of the close proximity of housing in nearby Ulverston, Lowick Parish and Backbarrow and Haverthwaite.
We have current issues with drainage, under ground water and surface water
in the field.
The impact the dwellings would have on us and the church would be
horrendous. 22 homes with 2 or more cars, additional traffic raising concerns
for the villager's safety. Parking and additional traffic is already a concern
surrounding school start & finishing times. With additional housing this would
inevitably get worse.
If Glaxo is developing then would people not want to live in Ulverston to avoid
the access issues through the Winter in and out of Penny Bridge & Greenodd
villages, as unfortunately when it snows the access is extremely
compromised. Also with increasing fuel prices people purchasing homes in
Ulverston would be a better decision.
We feel there would be a negative impact on the church, which currently has
a surrounding landscape of natural beauty. People visit the gravesides of their
loved ones and take great solace of the peace and tranquillity surrounding
although this would be lost with a new housing estate metres away.
The avenue of beech trees that are 150 years old would be damaged and the
roots of these trees pose a danger to the development. We already have Ellis
wood housing estate, some of which are used as second homes. We want to
keep our village a village and not turn it into a town and this is the feeling of
the majority of villagers.
[Note: objections supported by petition containing 135 signatures]
2. Mr & Mrs Mike and Susan Denison (Individual) : 18 May 2012 10:50:00
Policy/Site No.
LA1.3 Housing Allocations - RN152 GREENODD LAND AT THE OLD VICARAGE
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Settlement-wide issues
1.3 Please give details of the change(s) you consider necessary to make the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD legally compliant, having regard to the test you have identified at question 1.2 above.
It would be helpful if you could state your proposed change to the DPD and the reasons why you think it is necessary.
Mike and I are oppose to the church field RN152 at Pennybridge being developed and to leave it as it is an agricultural field. 22 dwellings completely overlooking our property, no privacy inside or out, taking light. Concerns over on-going sewage problems down to the new treatment plant which is not working properly at present because of these problems it is a worry to us.
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.
There are currently 9 houses and 1 pub for sale within Penny Bridge / Greenodd as well as a number of uncooupied houses which have been up for sale or to let for a long time. So if you can't get them occupied that means people are not moving into the countryside.
- There are presently at least thirteenproperties in Greenodd and Penny Bridge either for sale, for let or empty, suggesting lack of demand for additional residential housing
- The primary school is presently full / at capacity with little scope for expansion
There will only be one outcome for the residents of High Garth and that is our properties would suffer therefore devaluing our homes.
We want to keep our village tranquil. Keep our green acres safe.
[Note: objections supported by petition containing 135 signatures]