Housing development gets strong reaction

Zoe Casson.

Housing developers, Modlar Limited, of Ulverston, has applied to South Lakeland District Council for planning permission to build six three-storey terraced houses on land south of Quay Street.

At the meeting of Ulverston Town Council on Monday, three residents of Byron Street, which backs onto Quay Street, raised numerous objections to the plans.

The residents received the backing of councillors who agreed the application should be turned down as it would create access problems and was too intensive.

A resident of Byron Street, Raymond Porter, said: "We have a few concerns about the application.

The first one is that a fire engine could not get down the back street from the top or the bottom to the new housing development.

"If we continued to park our cars on the back street, it would create access problems for people to get to the new houses.

"We would also have nowhere to hang out our washing and it would mean us using driers all the time.

"There are also young ones that play in the back street and it could be dangerous for them with cars going up and down."

Another Byron Street resident, Paul Wight, said: "If it went ahead, it would mean us stepping out of our back doors straight onto a highway, which would be dangerous."

Coun Bob Bolton agreed with the residents that the application should be rejected.

He said: "My first concern is the access problems that it could create.

It is an alleyway and with six houses, the number of vehicles will increase and there will be more movement.

There are also youngsters that play on the street.

"The development is also too intensive and there is not enough provision for parking spaces.

"There are only six spaces on the new development and you have to make provision for at least one-and-a-half spaces for each house, if not

two."

Modlar Limited was unavailable for comment.

SLDC' s planning committee will discuss the application on Tuesday.