Local Development Framework Consultation

Dear Sir or Madam

We are writing to object to SLDC’s Land Allocation Development Plan Document.
According to the plan Grange-over-Sands is expected to have hundreds of new houses built, mostly to the south of the town. The basis for this huge development is the designation of Grange as a “Key Service Area” for the surrounding villages. Our objections are:

- Grange does not qualify as a “Key Service Area”. It is not a centre of employment and does not have a secondary school. Grange is little more than a tourist and retirement village. The vast majority of the working population travel to Kendal, Ulverston, Barrow and Lancaster to work. More houses will mean even more people commuting from the town to these centres.

- The town already has traffic congestion at busy times. Main Street is steep, narrow and the only route through the town to the motorway. There are frequent deliveries to the shops on Main Street, meaning that there is often only one lane for the 2-way traffic. More houses will lead to unacceptable congestion.

- We live on Kents Bank Road on the way out of town to Allithwaite. The road past our house is already very busy in the morning and evening rush hours. There is no pavement on our side of the road and the one on the opposite side of the road is very narrow. Cars frequently pass our driveway at excess of the speed limit, which can be quite frightening when leaving the drive. Additional traffic on this road will make life for residents and pedestrians even more difficult.

The only solution to the inevitable and unacceptable traffic congestion to which your plans will lead would be a new road from Allithwaite to the A590 via the Vale of Cartmel. There are many other objections which could be made to these plans but we will leave these to other objectors.

Yours faithfully

Michael Green
Anke Green