Green councillors are calling on the City Council not to support development on major Greenfield sites, but to concentrate on regenerating brownfield sites including the canal corridor in central Lancaster.
To view the consultation documents and make comments, please visit http://lancaster-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal. Alternatively you can email your comments to ldf@lancaster.gov.uk. View our response (PDF).
Lancaster City Council has published a list of sites that are potentially available for development in the district. The list of land allocation sites is open to public consultation and this closes on the 16th September.
The list of sites includes some of the most important greenfield and public open space sites in the district including:
- Whinney Carr
- Bailrigg
- Grab Lane
- Miss Whalley’s field (Derwent Rd)
- Freeman’s Wood
- and various sites off Aldcliffe Road and Ashton Road.
Commenting on this list, Councillor Jon Barry said:
“The Green Party is very keen to support mixed use, community-oriented, development on former industrial sites such as Luneside East and Luneside West, or on large areas of ugly car parking such as the canal corridor. However, we cannot support large scale development of the countryside and open spaces.”
“In my own ward, the area of Freeman’s Wood has been used by local people for many years and is a vital source of recreational space for the Marsh. The area also supports a wide variety of wildlife, including deer. The sites off Aldcliffe Road have previously been dismissed in a report by planning experts for the Council – so I don’t know why the Council is still putting these forward.”
Commenting on the proposals for Whinney Carr, Cllr Chris Coates said:
“We already know that traffic on the A6 is at full capacity. Developing sites at Whinney Carr, Grab Lane and Bailrigg would create gridlock in the southern approaches to the city and unacceptable urban sprawl. The Council’s planning exercise earlier in the year showed that it is perfectly possible to put virtually all of the houses on brownfield sites, and this is what they should be concentrating on.”
Response to the Development Plan Document
Lancaster Green Party’s official response to Lancaster City Council‘s LDF consultation.
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