Response from Mr Tim Pyzniuk (Individual)
1. Mr Tim Pyzniuk (Individual) : 5 Dec 2018 10:54:00
Please make your comments in the box below. When referring to the schedule, please include the appropriate reference number e.g. MM1_AONB.
MM14_AONB
Amount of development: Should be a maximum of 6 dwellings
The land on Hollins Lane is designated as an important open space, even building 6 house will spoil the tapestry of the AONB. The original plan was to build 32 houses on the field, unless a maximum is specified the number of properties developed may increase significantly purely in pursuit of profit.
Point IV states “widening of Hollins Lane and the provision of a footway alongside it” this would mean the complete removal of the hedgerow. It is not clear how much of Hollins Lane would be affected, it would be difficult to widen the whole of the lane. Should the lane be widened along its length several residents would inevitably need to park on the road thus negating any safety aspect gained by widening the lane. Widening the lane would turn it into a road thus changing the character completely and may cause an increase in the number of vehicles and the speed they travel at.
There is a need to protect and enhance public views across, through and out of the site particularly towards the north east, this view would almost certainly be blocked by a new hedgerow and trees of appropriate species and species mix planted to form a new, robust and defensible boundary to the north! Each statement contradicts the other! Building houses along the length of the hedgerow will completely deprive residents and visitors to the area of the views that have been recognised as important. It is highly unlikely that anyone will stand in the lane to look down peoples driveways to take in the vista.
