Population of Bolton le Sands and population of Slyne with Hest

I write to strongly object to the above planning proposal in terms of the following.

The population of Bolton le Sands is 4, 200 (2021 census). The population of Slyne with Hest is 3.046 (2021 census)

The developer speaks of the villages as a conjoined entity:

"The scale of development proposed would therefore not be disproportionate to the scale of the three conjoined settlements, and it could be readily assimilated into the landscape and local urban form.’

Taking the developer’s argument of cojoinedness further, Bolton le Slyne with Hest  or Bolton with Slyne with Hest, would therefore make the current population of these settlements 7.246.

If the 200 proposed houses are multiplied by the average household size of 2.4 in the UK, there will be 480 new residents- this figure is probably a lower end estimate of the likely figure, as the developers will be looking to provide medium and larger homes to maximise profits. The very attractive location of the development site lends itself to family homes rather than homes for first time buyers- often looking for single occupancy and two-person occupancy.

It is public knowledge that Story homes have expressed strong interest in the remaining section of the green belt land between SWH and BLS and a ‘master plan’ for this area was referred to in Wrenman’s public consultation document.  The land Story Homes are interested in is a similar sized plot to that promoted for development by Wrenman.

It is imperative that consideration of the Wrenman proposal must absolutely therefore be considered alongside the inevitability of an application by Story homes for another 200 houses being submitted.

As the plot is a similar size, Story homes is very likely to propose a build of another 200 homes. So the total population increase resulting from the ‘master plan’ for the green belt land between SWH and BLS would then be 14% of the existing population. This is a very substantial increase and would exert enormous pressure on local infrastructure, such considerations will be addressed in a separate objection.

The population of Carnforth is 5.580. Carnforth is classed as a town, it has its own definite town centre, high school, several primary schools, three large supermarkets and local job opportunities.

The proposed development ‘master plan’ would result in a new town larger in population than Carnforth. Even the Wrenman development considered alone without the Story homes development, would have the same effect, eating away at local green belt and eroding its vital purposes of preventing sprawl, the merging of settlements and promotion of urban recycling of land.

The creation of a new town is very much against the spirit of the Town and Country Planning Act even in its reinterpreted form by the current Labour Government.

If the proposed development were to go ahead, the result would not be the merging of two villages but the creation of a new town.

The proposed development is clearly contrary to The Town and Country Planning Act, it should be unequivocally refused on these grounds.