You're BARD from building on our Green Belt!
Chairman of the Whitney Croft Association - David Bard has spoken out against Cheshire East's Council's consultation about building at the Lark's Hall / Swan's Pool area of Macclesfield.
Mr Bard, a keen environmentalist was was one of the guest speakers at the recent, successful public meeting at St Paul's Parish Church.
He said, "If these ill-judged proposals go through - it will mean the slow death of Swan's Pool with garden fertilizer, pesticides, weed killers etc being washed downhill hill from the 135 plus gardens into the pool.
"There will be enourmous difficulties with entry and single exit (especially) from the present estate and the extended estate with all the inevitable extra vehicles. The developers have mentioned numbers of between 135 and 237 (SLHAA 3275) homes.
"The area is Green Belt" explained Mr Bard, "...as well as Special County Value for Landscape and the Cheshire East Council document stating Macclesfield Canal Swan's Pool '...green finger of land', extending from Peak Fringes to Victoria Park. This is a Nature Priority CONSERVATION Area"
Mr Bard concentrated mainly on Swans Pool, its location and possible age of 200 years providing water power to the early dye works. It was then incorporated into the water supplies to Brocklehurst mills in Hurdsfield, being feed from the two reservoirs behind Whitney Croft.
Mr Bard finished by saying, "The developers can do nothing about it, but CEC could stop it by keeping site “W” in the Green Belt."
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David Bard (far left) - speaking up for our Green Belt! |