Response from Mr Wallace Park (Individual)
1. Mr Wallace Park (Individual) : 19 Dec 2016 17:38:00
Please make your comments in the box below and refer specifically to the number of each site / policy you are commenting on.
Site reference: S56 - Silverdale. I oppose this proposal.
I would like to comment on three aspects of this site, two general, one specific to our property.
Specific:
1. A building proposal for 18 houses on this site was withdrawn earlier this year. However, this plan included changes to the access road, such that the road passed only 50cms. from our front gate.Since our property (7 Whinney Fold) is surrounded by 6 foot walls, we would have no sight lines on leaving it by car. For the safety of passers-by we need a minimum of 150cms.
General:
1. Drainage problems. The site is at the northern margin of a depression at the 20metre contour. In wet weather (eg December '15) water collects in the southeast corner of the site field, so grey water from the houses and run off from the sewage digesters would also collect there unless it were to be pumped elsewhere. (The present houses in Whinney Fold are at a higher level)
I understand that the Silverdale area, with approximately 850 houses,360 static caravans and perhaps 60 tourers already exceeds the limits permitted under EU legislation for areas without mains drainage. Foul smelling effluent has recently been detected on the shore below Whinney Fold and investigated by the Environment Agency. Further building without investing in proper mains sewerage should not be permitted.
2. Road suitability. The access road has poor pedestrian access, and was not designed for a greater load than the present. The access road is particularly narrow at the entrance.
W G Park, 7 Whinney Fold.
