Response from Mr Paddy O'Neill (Individual)
1. Mr Paddy O'Neill (Individual) : 4 Sep 2013 15:10:00
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To the Development plans manager,
I am writing to register my objection to the re-classification of fields near the current build going on at Hoad View. If these fields are re-classified as land to be developed within the development plan boundary it would have catastrophic implications on thee local area. The amount of traffic in the area is already at a dangerous level with the health centre and the amount of houses already compacted into the area. If the fields were to be included in the plan the extra 44 houses would make it a risk to human life for the residents of the sheltered housing, pedestrians crossing an already busy T-junction and to children accessing Mill Dam park.
The development of the fields could also result in the increased flooding risk to Gill banks and the rest of Ulverston as the water that is absorbed by these fields would run of into Gill banks and continue down under the town and if encountering any blockages in the river would increase the flooding risk in that area.
Gill banks is also a haven for wildlife such as bats and owls which use these fields to feed and nest, the building work would destroy this and endanger the survival of these already rare and beautiful birds. The development would also make Gill banks a less peaceful place to sit and enjoy the wildlife that thrives there as it would be overlooked and filled with fumes from development and car and boiler fumes when the build is complete.
I hope you will take these views into consideration and reject the proposed re-classification.
Paddy O'Neill
