Response from Mrs J.E. Dickinson (Individual)
1. Mrs J.E. Dickinson (Individual) : 26 Apr 2012 10:14:00
Policy/Site No.
LA1.3 Housing Allocations - R121M-mod KENDAL EAST OF CASTLE GREEN ROAD
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.
The DPD is not effective in that the document is not deliverable, flexible or capable of being monitored.
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 development of dwellings at the site of Castle Green Lane, Oaktree Road, Rowan Tree Crescent and the Old Sedbergh Road, for which previous planning applications have already been refused.
My family have lived locally for generations, both as business-men (my Great Grandfather owned Rishton's Iron Foundry in the heart of Kendal) and as farmers, in the Oxenholme, Old Hutton area.
Kendal used to be a lovely old market town, but previous councils demolished most of our old yards, (along with their history) and took the "heart and soul" out of the town centre, so, please do not destroy our green pastures surrounding Kendal, and bury them under concrete, because once they have gone, they have gone for ever. As a farmer's daughter I think it is sacrilage to build on green fields, expecially in this "day & age" as we have so little left. It is the duty of everyone to protect our landscape and our wildlife which inhabits it.
I believe te area is a habitat for the rare Great Crested Newts which are a protected species. All flora and fauna are very special, especially today. Our landscape around the Lake District National Park is, also, very precious.
I know there are other reasons, such as traffic, (a primary school nearby) and Kendal cannot cope with any more traffic - pollution & sewage etc, but I know that the threat of flooding is a great concern. There are continued concerns for the effectiveness of Stock Beck Flood Alleviation Scheme.
Drainage & runoff over the whole area is a problem. Water has a "mind of its own"! Our weather patterns are changing, and the Cockermouth disaster is a reminder of what constant heavy rainfall can do, in a short period of time.
I'm sure, you have a duty to protect existing residential properties, especially up Oaktree Road and Rowan Tree Crescent, which has a profound drainage problem already, and, also to protect our surrounding "green" area, too.
