2 responses from Mr & Mrs H F Morphet (Individual)
1. Mr & Mrs H F Morphet (Individual) : 11 May 2012 11:02:00
Policy/Site No.
LA1.7 Business and Science Park Sites - M11M - Mod ULVERSTON LAND AT LIGHTBURN ROAD
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.
Following a recent request made by ourselves and a meeting with MP J Woodcock and other local
residents I was advised to put my concerns in writing as appose to a member of your team coming
and seeing us in person to view what we would like to discuss
My wife and I are the tenant farmers at Swarthmoor Hall Farm with sucession for our family to
continue farming here for many years to come. Swarthmoor Hall Farm is the only Organic Dairy Farm
in this area supplying English Lakes Ice-cream with all their milk and Appleby Creamery with all their
Organic milk for cheese making as well as what they produce on behalf of us. We also produce and
deliver Organic milk across the NorthWest from Penrith to Manchester on a daily basis, not
forgetting our doorstep customers and other local milkmen.
Here at the farm not only are our three sons and their partners involved in the business we also
employ a full-time farm worker, a full-time HGV driver and two part-time secretaries.
Swarthmoor Hall Farm consists of 100acres of grazing for our 140 cow herd. In recent years we lost a
large quantity of the grazing around our farm for housing development and this further
development at Swarthmoor Hall Lane/Urswick Road would mean a further 10% loss, not to mention
grazing also being lost due to the Sainsbury's development at The Bee Hive. Surrounding our farm
there is no further grazing available for our cows due to Swarthmoor's ever expending housing and
Ulverston's expending development towards our farm.
Should the development of housing at Swarthmoor Hall Lane/Urswick Road go ahead there will be
massive consequences to our farm and business. Our dairy farm would no longer be a viable
business as we would have to reduce our herd due to lack of grazing resulting in loss of employment,
the loss of our home and the loss of an otherwise secure future for our family. Other environmental
issues we could see facing us would include that to be able to access the grazing at the other side of
the development we would have to walk our herd either along a main urban road or through the
centre of the new housing development. This would in turn result in an increase in noise and smell
pollution to residents as well as increasing health and safety risks. It is very obvious to all parties
involved that increasing the number of people living in this area will in turn also result in an
increased level of vandalism, dog risk to our livestock, fly tipping and other crime.
I also have a grave concern that part of the land in question is known to be wet land. Building next to
or on this would increase risk of flooding and leave me with land I cannot use for arable or grazing. I
must also point out that the land adjacent to the development was used as a Foot & Mouth burial
site during the outbreak in 1968.
My wife and I therefor ask that you reconsider the application made for this housing development in
order to avoid the severe consequences of above.
2. Mr & Mrs H F Morphet (Individual) : 11 May 2012 11:05:00
Policy/Site No.
LA1.3 Housing Allocations - R689 ULVM ULVERSTON NORTH URSWICK ROAD
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.
Following a recent request made by ourselves and a meeting with MP J Woodcock and other local residents I was advised to put my concerns in writing as appose to a member of your team coming and seeing us in person to view what we would like to discuss
My wife and I are the tenant farmers at Swarthmoor Hall Farm with sucession for our family to continue farming here for many years to come. Swarthmoor Hall Farm is the only Organic Dairy Farm in this area supplying English Lakes Ice-cream with all their milk and Appleby Creamery with all their Organic milk for cheese making as well as what they produce on behalf of us. We also produce and deliver Organic milk across the NorthWest from Penrith to Manchester on a daily basis, not forgetting our doorstep customers and other local milkmen.
Here at the farm not only are our three sons and their partners involved in the business we also employ a full-time farm worker, a full-time HGV driver and two part-time secretaries.
Swarthmoor Hall Farm consists of 100acres of grazing for our 140 cow herd. In recent years we lost a large quantity of the grazing around our farm for housing development and this further development at Swarthmoor Hall Lane/Urswick Road would mean a further 10% loss, not to mention grazing also being lost due to the Sainsbury's development at The Bee Hive. Surrounding our farm there is no further grazing available for our cows due to Swarthmoor's ever expending housing and Ulverston's expending development towards our farm.
