Response from Ms Karen Assiak (Individual)
1. Ms Karen Assiak (Individual) : 7 Aug 2013 15:16:00
Please add your response below, quoting the further proposed main modification reference number or relevant document title including reference to section / page / paragraph: (limit 3000 words)
I submit the following comments in respect of the modified proposal for the Land East of Hutton Close- Burton in Kendal.
The modification states;
“This 1.09 ha site is currently bounded by existing development on three sides. It could accommodate around 31 dwellings. It and is located on a slope at the northern entrance to the village. The south eastern corner of the site adjoins a public bridleway connecting to Vicarage Lane. There is also a very narrow alley running through to Main Street. Key issues for the development of this site include the need for good site layout, design and landscaping to minimize the impact on views from adjoining properties and the impact on longer distance views of development on the higher southern part of the site and the need for a pedestrian access to the village possibly via the bridleway. There is also scope to safeguard the biodiversity of the site by retaining hedgerows and trees and retaining woodland within the development. There is a need to widen the existing access road into Church Bank Gardens to ensure it is an acceptable width along its length”
I note the proposal states that the 1.09 ha site could accommodate 31 dwellings. However the submission also mentions safeguarding the biodiversity of the site by retaining hedgerows, trees and woodland as well as minimising the impact from adjoining properties and on longer distance views.
The latter 2 statements are completely at odds with the former. There is no way that the biodiversity of the area can possibly be maintained in any shape or form by building 31 properties on a 1.09 ha greenfield site and by widening existing roads. If SLDC has genuine concerns regarding “biodiversity” it should seek to exhaust development of brownfield sites before touching any greenfield sites such as this one. Furthermore, unless the proposed 31 dwellings are subterranean, the impact of views from adjoining areas will be devastating and the long distance views will be completely wiped out for the residents on the eastern side of Hutton Close as well as those living in the Vicarage Lane properties edging the south west corner of the proposed site.
I hope that SLDC will take note of the above comments and I await the outcome of the consultations.
