Response from Ms Sue Crossley (Individual)
1. Ms Sue Crossley (Individual) : 3 Jan 2017 12:31:00
Please make your comments in the box below and refer specifically to the number of each site / policy you are commenting on.
Site 56 - I object to this proposal:
1. This site in the small valley between Lindeth Road and Know Hill is an excellent example of Silverdale’s distinctive landscape that the AONB should be protecting. It’s a tranquil intimate valley with an ancient enclosure pattern and once built on it’s gone forever.
2. The plan suggests ‘approximately 6 dwellings’ but any developer would undoubtedly push for more. It will also set the precedent for further cumulative development. In 1997 when considering the existing Whinney Fold development the City Council’s Planning Committee report stated that: "The proposals have attracted considerable objection, following consideration of these and particularly the concern that the site might be extended in the future, the layout has been amended. The form of the access road has changed; its design has been downgraded to the standard required for a short residential cul-de-sac, so that there is no question of its being seen as a way of opening up the land to the south for further development. At the same time the position of the houses has been amended slightly, so that it would be more difficult to extend this road; access to the field is maintained for agricultural purposes only”.
This blatantly highlights that if the proposed 6 dwellings (or more) are allowed on this site it won’t stop there. I certainly don’t believe assurances that there will be no incremental development in the future.
3. The footpath which overlooks the site is well-used by locals and visitors. The views into the valley would be completely spoilt by any new buildings.
4. The drainage of the site is poor and prone to flooding in wet weather. There is no piped sewage in Silverdale and there are currently concerns about foul smelling effluent on the shore at the foot of Know Hill which will impact wildlife habitats. There will certainly be an increase to the threat of environmental contamination in an area within 200m of the Morecambe Bay SPA.
