Response from Mrs Anne Neary (Individual)
1. Mrs Anne Neary (Individual) : 2 May 2016 20:08:00
Please make your comments in the box below and refer specifically to the reference number of each site you are commenting on.
1. I kindly request that the Silverdale Institute Field/Green is considered as a 'protected open green space'. This land was gifted to the Silverdale community in 1908 for the benefit of all Silverdale residents. It is the Village Green and used for natural recreational activities; as such, it should also be protected from any urban sports development.
2. Silverdale is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; all development proposals which contravene AONB guidelines should be rejected, and especially where there are suitable Brownfield sites near to local towns, employment and public transport. There is also the local issue of the septic tank sewage system to be considered.
Referring to Site 127, Bottoms Lane, for example, this is a narrow, winding, unlit, unpaved, rural lane in open countryside with panoramic landscape views in all directions. This Site includes areas of limestone, wildlife habitats such as Burtonwell Scroggs, a large oak tree and two footpaths crossing the narrow lane near a sharp bend.
Surely the AONB was set up to conserve such beautiful areas that Site 127 typifies? I question why housing development proposals on such sites are being assessed.
