OUT/22/00946 – Land East Of Glenwood Drive, Irby (290 Dwellings)

How it could look with 290 houses on the greenbelt.

To object to this proposal please do the following:

Please send your email objections to:

planningapplications@wirral.gov.uk

Don’t forget to include your name and address in the email.

The objections to use for this site are:

• The Application(s) conflict with the Council’s Regulation 19 Submission Draft Local Plan ‘Spatial Strategy’ which excludes (as being unnecessary) any release or development of Green Belt.

• The Application(s) conflict with the Framework (NPPF) and Government directives NOT to release ANY Green Belt for development until ‘brownfield’ and ‘Previously Developed Land’ opportunities are exhausted. Wirral has a nationally-significant extent and excess of suitable ‘brownfield’ sites.

• New Housing within Green Belt is deemed ‘inappropriate’ development unless there are ‘Exceptional Circumstances’ or Very Special Circumstances’ which exhaustive studies have shown do NOT to apply to any of these Applications.

• Proposals conflict with 4 of the 5 ‘Purposes of Green Belt (to check Sprawl; prevent Merging communities; stop countryside Encroachment; and assist Urban Regeneration) and with special reasons why Wirral’s Green Belt boundaries remain tightly drawn around existing urban areas.

• Proposals would both individually and cumulatively conflict with the requirement to protect both the Permanence of Green Belt Boundaries once drawn and the ‘Openness’ of it.

• Proposals would both individually and cumulatively conflict with both National and Wirral Policies regarding mitigation of Climate Change. There is no way that the Harm done to Ecology, Air Quality, Watercourses and countryside by developing farmland for new Housing can be fully mitigated let alone provide the mandated ‘Biodiversity Net Gain’, even by tree-planting within already ‘green’ areas. Landowners should be doing their bit as part of good Land Management.

• Proposals would individually and cumulatively conflict with National and Wirral Policies regarding the protection and improvement of ‘Productive Farmland’ in order to ensure future ‘Food Security’.

• The Leverhulme Estates Vision’ misrepresents Wirral’s Housing Need’; also, what their Proposals would provide, adverse Effects and even Lord Leverhulme’s Legacy. His factories needed healthy workers at hand and so he built houses next to his Works, following the earlier example of improved worker productivity from decent housing by Thomas Brassey, Lord Cadbury and others. The main point is that ‘Employment’ drives the need for Housing, NOT housing for profit’s sake.

• Proposal would MERGE the separate and distinct communities of Irby and Thingwall, contrary to the Framework (NPPF) and destroy the distinctive character of the area.

• Proposal would close the important Green and Wildlife Corridor across Wirral from Meols, past Greasby, between Irby and Thingwall, between Irby and Pensby and down to the Estuary.

• Proposal would close the open, wide and distant views across 7Km of farmland to the open Sea, enjoyed by all those who travel along Thingwall Road.

   

• Proposal would result in an artificially bright and noisy zone replacing existing ‘dark’ and ‘quiet farmland, lead to the further trampling of the Ancient Woodland of Harrock Wood, and the pollution of Arrowe Brook by additional surge run-off contaminated with garden chemicals.

   

• The land is Productive Farmland’ which is supposed to be protected by National and Wirral Local Policies reconfirmed only recently.

   

• Proposal would result in additional pressure on all Local Services and Infrastructure.

   

• Proposal shows homes, sporting and play areas located above the Western Link’ 12-metre wide ‘wayleave’ above the buried twin 600 Kv DC cables running from Scotland to Wales, at a depth which would expose to danger those involved in construction including Self-Builders, later extensions and earthworks by residents or others.

   

• Remotely-located sports and play areas where safeguarding of youngsters would be a problem.

   

• Unspecified commercial ventures located far into the Site, surrounded by remaining farmland.

If you would rather send a letter you can use the template Objection-00946, please ensure you add your name and address.  Postal objections should be addressed to: Wirral Council Planning, PO Box 290, Brighton Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH27 9FQ and must inlcude the planning reference number.