Object
Preferred Options for Sites
Representation ID: 64935
Received: 05/05/2014
Respondent: Mr Michael Staley
Site is adjacent to a dangerous road where there have been fatal accidents. The proximity to the road and nearby canal will be a risk, especially to children.
The site will have an adverse effect on the canal's visitors and ecology. Land adjacent to the canal was previously considered by the Local Plan process to be unsuitable for development and surely that applies in this case too.
The site is in the Green Belt, which can only be used in exceptional circumstances.
The proposed site is bordered by the A4177 main road, the canal and the junction of Ugly Bridge Road and the Shell petrol station. The A4177 is a known dangerous road that has seen many accidents, some resulting in fatalities. Any vehicular access to or from this site would constitute a dangerous and major hazard.
The very close proximity to both canal and road would pose a significant risk to any children on this site.
The location is green belt land. Government guidelines state that land in the green belt can only be used in exceptional circumstances.
The canal is a major visitor attraction, used extensively by walkers and cyclists and is an important ecological site. The nature of the proposed site would have a significant and adverse effect.
In a previous Local Plan Consultation land adjacent to the canal was assessed as unsuitable for development. Therefore the same arguments apply to this site.