Response from Mrs Irene Mower (Individual)
1. Mrs Irene Mower (Individual) : 16 May 2012 12:41:00
Before completing this online representation please tick the box to show you have read the 'Guidance Notes for Making a Representation'
I have read the guidance notes
Policy/Site No.
LA1.3 Housing Allocations - Site Omission
If you have selected a ‘Site omission’ please enter the site reference or location and relevant policy below
Supports site omission - RN22 - orchard opposite school on Storth 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 consistent with national policy.
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.
This is a greenfield site & government policy is to use grown field when available and 2 such sites exist in Storth. The orchard on Storth Road is an important wildlife site & should be nurtured, not destroyed. See separate sheet [text provided below]:
I am very concerned by the suggestion that a particular site in Storth is being suggested as suitable for building on. This site is an orchard on Storth Road, opposite the school.
Storth lies within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and it is therefore desirable to keep our village and the surrounding countryside, naturally beautiful. This particular area is an greenfield site and the government's policy to build on brown field areas should be adhered to, and the two frown field sites on quarry lane used instead.
I live near the orchard in question and am passionate about nature conservation. I have been conducting an entomological study here for 3 years and the orchard appears to be a valuable wildlife haven. I have, for instance found two very rare moths, one of which was a first record for the AONB. Many other fairly scarce species have been found. These records are important in themselves, but are also an indicator of the rich bio-diversity of this site.
Another issues of concern if houses were built on this plot would be Storth Road itself. At school opening and closing times this road can be severely congested. There is no pavement and walking along the road at 8.30 am and 3.30pm is a case of dodging the traffic. This is unsatisfactory for a fit adult, never mind an old person or schoo child. Inevitably, increased housing opposite the school will merely intensify this problem.
The sites on Quarry Lane would not have these traffic problems and would not diminish the valuable wildlife of which the AONB is very found, if they were chosen for this building project.
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
