Response from Mr Bill Seville (Individual)
1. Mr Bill Seville (Individual) : 6 Jul 2017 15:04:00
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Silverdale - part of S50
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I am a resident in Silverdale,and I draw to your attention that the proposed site S 50 is prime farmland,which should not be considered for housing.
The application may hide under the cloak of affordable housing,however,it is simply an attempt to make a lot of money by the owners of the land,who,I understand do not live in Silverdale,so have no interest in the village nor the consequences of what happens here.
May I point out that St John's Avenue is a cul de sac and therefore there is only and can only be one exit and entrance which will lead directly into the main road through the village-Emesgate Lane.
The exit is a T junction into Emesgate Lane and there are always vehicles parked opposite the junction.Some of those vehicles belong to walkers who park and walk from there our local footpaths.The main users who park there are parents of schoolchildren,driving to and from school at different hours of the day.There are also buses from time to time which collect and deliver children to the school on the excursions arranged.
Exiting from the T junction the vision of a driver is obscured on the right,and on the left there is also the danger of many drivers who ignore the 20 mph speed recommendation.
Further up the village there is Bleasdale School which cares for mentally and physically disabled children,some as boarders and others for day care.Traffic to and from Bleasdale also needs to be considered.
Seventy yards to the left from the junction is the Parish Church,the car park for which is used daily and therefore there is always traffic heading to and from this area.
Apart from private vehicles,there is also the local bus service which passes the junction,there are the tractors and other farm vehicles,and the larger vehicles which deliver to the Co-op store,and the ambulance vehicles which drive to and from Bleasdale house.
The area of Site S50 contains a public footpath,much used by villagers and visitors alike.It falls within the area of our AONB of which we are proud and value highly.The field itself often has deer in it,a variety of local birds and also Marsh harrier and Buzzards are regularly seen above.The hedghogs(now endangered throughout the U.K ) would lose a necessary foraging area-this might mean little to the members of the planning department but there is a large number of us in the village who feed and encourage hedgehogs here.
Any houses which are built would mean at least one vehicle and possibly in some cases two vehicles per household.
As an ordinary resident I have little idea of the technical difficulties which arise from such a building scheme in site S50 however I can envisage the chaos which would ensue from such building and wish to express my opposition to any possible application now or in the future to the development of this site.
