Response from Mrs Marilyn Robinson (Individual)
1. Mrs Marilyn Robinson (Individual) : 9 May 2012 16:01:00
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.
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 write to object to the continued inclusion ofthe above site in SLDC's plans.
We were told at a meeting of residents that it was likely that because the site would be
difficult and expensive to develop, we could be assured that the houses built on this
site would be larger than average. This suggests that houses built here will not help to
alleviate the problems faced by local people seeking homes in the area.
I think that the plans do not comply with legislation. The council appear not to have
taken into account earlier plans for development, where this site was excluded for
reasons oflandscape. Nor have they had regard to the independent survey
commissioned by Kendal Town Council, nor to the report from the Friends of the
Lake District. This indicates a failure to have a meaningful consultation with the
local community.
There is no evidence that plans to develop this site are deliverable. Earlier objections
referred to concerns regarding the serious flooding risk in this area and the pressure
that further development would put on the Stockbeck Flood Relief scheme. There
were also concerns about access and the provision of basic services. There has been
no attempt in the final document to allay people's concerns in these areas, and the site
still appears difficult to develop without unreasonable and possibly dangerous
disruption to the surrounding area.
