Response from Mrs Elspeth Threlfall (Individual)
1. Mrs Elspeth Threlfall (Individual) : 4 Dec 2017 14:17:00
Before completing this online representation please tick the box to show that you have read the guidance notes accompanying this consultation.
I have read the guidance notes
Appendices, maps or other
General comment / comment on procedure
1.1 Do you consider the AONB DPD to be legally compliant?
Yes
1.3 Do you consider the AONB DPD to be sound?
Yes
1.5 Please give details of why you consider the DPD is not legally compliant or is unsound or fails to comply with the Duty to Cooperate. Please be as precise as possible.
If you wish to support the legal compliance or soundness of the DPD or its compliance with the Duty to Cooperate, please also use this box to set out your comments.
I support the soundness of the AONB DPD because it follows the underlying principle to help conserve and enhance the
landscape of the area and places the landscape at the heart of shaping development.
In particular I support:
- the reasons for preparing the DPD set out in paragraph 1.25
- the interpretation of the NPPF in paragraph 1.3.6
- the objectives in paragraph 2.2.1
- Policy AS01 Development Strategy, especially that all development should be consistent with the primary purpose of the AONB and support the Special Qualities of the AONB as set out in the Management Plan
- Paragraphs 3.1.3 and 3.1.4 in stating that it is not necessary for the AONB DPD to identify a specific housing requirement
- Policy AS02 on Landscape, especially the references to rural nature, local distinctiveness, visual amenity, tranquillity, dark skies and the sense of space and place
- Policy AS06 on Key Settlement Landscapes relating to 'bringing the country into the settlements and reinforcing their rural character' (but consider that further locations around Silverdale could meet that definition)
- Policy AS08 on Design, in particular the references in paragraphs 4.5.3 to visual permeability and 4.5.23 to open areas forming an important part of Silverdale's character
- Policy AS12 on Water Quality, Sewerage and Sustainable Drainage, especially in relation to the need for evidence in areas not connected to mains drainage.
- Policy AS16 in excluding any sites from Silverdale because no sites were found to be appropriate in the light of the statutory purposes, especially supporting the exclusion of land at Whinney Fold on the basis that a combination of factors related to landscape impact, drainage; being at the bottom of the valley this floods, biodiversity;this is an important extension of Morecambe Bay designated site for ducks and coastal birds, migratory redwings and fieldfares, plus bats, and highways safety rule this site out.
2.1 If your representation is seeking a modification, do you wish to participate at the oral part of the Examination?
No, I do not wish to participate at the oral examination
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