Residents in a rural part of Penwortham are being made ill by the prospect of living on a construction site for the next 10 years while up 1,100 homes are built around them, a public inquiry has heard.
That was the message from a campaign group opposed to plans to develop the sprawling plot known as Pickering’s Farm.
“The initial scoping report [for the estate] was 1,413 pages long….[and] not one single sentence was given over to the existing residents and how the new development might impact on them. Even the water voles got 11 pages. I know of individuals who are becoming ill through stress and sleepless nights over how they will live in the midst of this building site for the next 10-15 years – quite possibly for the rest of their lives for some [of them],” Mr. Eastham said.
However, Mr. Katkowski told the inquiry in his opening statement that the masterplan had done all that the local plan required. He said that the requested blueprint incorporated both the allocated site and so-called “safeguarded land” to the south, around Coote Lane – which could be opened up for development at a later date – as well as ensuring “a range of land uses” for the overall plot.
Another reason for the council’s refusal of the applications last year stemmed from the absence of a “detailed phasing plan” explaining what was going to be built and when. The inquiry heard that a draft of such a timetable had now been provided, about which Mr. Katkowski said the applicants would welcome any “constructive comments” from the local authority.
The inquiry is scheduled to run for 16 sitting days spread over the course of a month, although Mr. Hanna said he hoped that the hearing may conclude within three weeks. The inspector has already visited the Pickering’s Farm site once and plans to do so again. Before refusing permission for the proposed estate last year, South Ribble Borough Council’s planning committee heard that the joint proposal by Taylor Wimpey and Homes England lacked a “firm commitment” to the delivery of the full route.
“The appeal schemes would also pay an estimated £7.6m in [community] infrastructure levy, which could, of course…be spent on delivering the rest of the link road – including, for example, [by] paying for or contributing towards a new bridge over the railway. County Hall had produced its own assessment to present to the inquiry, which Mr. Ponter said demonstrated “important points of difference” between the two methodologies.
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