Response from Mr Jim Stokes (Individual)
1. Mr Jim Stokes (Individual) : 26 Jan 2016 14:46:00
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Dear Sir,
I make the following points with reference to the planning policy for possible housing development in Yealand Redmayne. There are three areas proposed; two of them, those postulated on the northeast side of Silverdale Road at the northern exit to the village, give me great concern.
My major worry is the traffic flow coming off the A6 road up Nineteen Acre and Eight Acre lanes on to Silverdale Road in the middle of our village. The components of this traffic are threefold:-
1) Domestic - cars travelling to and from work from the Silverdale and Arnside areas. This traffic is numerous and generally exceeds local speed limits.
2) A high number of commercial vehicles - large trailers carrying caravans to and from the various sites, delivery vehicles such as the daily CO-OP lorry and now many vans delivering groceries ordered on line (e.g. Tesco).
3) Agricultural vehicles, cattle trucks, tractors, etc.
This results in a very high density of traffic using Silverdale Road.
The postulted development on the land behind number 40 Silverdale Road means more traffic coming out on to the already crowded main road. Additionally vehicles from the proposed new dwellings will join vehicles from the current five dwellings using what is already a single track lane. This traffic coming out at either end of the lane has very poor visibility and also for passing traffic.
All of the above is even more relevant to the larger development on the north east side of Silverdale Road as the road exits the village. It would appear that these homes would require their own access road (parallel to Silverdale Road) joining the single track lane behind number 40?
My second point refers to the aesthetic view of our village. Both of the above developments will have a detrimental effect on how the village looks. Indeed, the larger option can only be described as ribbon development which surely is to be decried in an AONB.
I do understand that housing is needed in rural areas and as such the proposal to enlarge the centre of our village in the ‘Meadows’ area is probably the best option. There is already reasonable safe road access and the traffic using Footeran Lane is far less than that using Silverdale Road.
J. W. Stokes.
