Response from Mr Ben Waterhouse (Individual)
1. Mr Ben Waterhouse (Individual) : 21 Jun 2017 10:08:00
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Arnside - Hollins Lane A8/A9
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Good Morning
Notification
I found out about this plan yesterday evening after another local resident knocked on my door to inform me. I feel strongly that the initial consultation was flawed as there were inadequate notices or information relating to the development. I drive down Hollins lane several times per day and have seen no notices for the site. To say that we are only able to comment on the proposed new changes seems absurd when it is the local residents to Hollins lane that are most affected.
Traffic
Hollins lane is already a very dangerous road. It is a single track road with very few passing places without utilising people’s private driveways. To increase traffic on this road would be extremely dangerous and would without doubt lead to accidents. There are already currently issues with cars parked inappropriately making it difficult to pass. This affects both cars and more importantly the emergency services (Fire Engines).
Development Platform
The site for the development platform begins directly at the foot of the current properties gardens on Silverdale Road. We have very low walls diving the field and our gardens. The new proposed properties would have direct line of sight into my garden, home and bedrooms and I would into theirs. Privacy and impact to current residents has not been discussed anywhere in this document. I live in a bungalow and the new properties would dramatically reduce natural light into my garden and home.
‘Key View to be retained’
I note a line of sight for the ‘key view to be retained’ – I fail to see how this can be added to the document – it is fantastic that you are thinking about ‘new’ residents – they will have a fantastic view onto the remainder of the field and line of sight to the estuary. Existing residents will have their ‘key view’ replaced with the rear of new properties.
I feel that the ‘consultation’ process has not been that. To have a consultation process all involved stakeholders have to be aware of the process. To have a development go through consultation literally on my door stop and not be made aware is ludicrous. Any visit to the site would see that Hollins lane is not appropriate for the amount of vehicles accessing it daily now and so increasing this would be a certain hazard.
