MP supports Clitheroe residents in fight to reject new housing development

MP Nigel Evans meets concerned local residents

Between 50 and 60 residents of Hawthorne Place in Clitheroe met with Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans to raise their objections to a new housing proposal of 58 houses at the end of their road.

Persimmon Homes lodged the application with Ribble Valley Borough Council on December 17th, 2019, to build a mix of two, three, four and five-bedroomed terrace, semi-detached and detached properties. According to the applicant's planning statement, the development will aid the council in providing "a wider variety of homes and will help to maintain a five year housing land supply".

Speaking to residents, Mr Evans assured them that viewing the proposed site he could see the already congested cul-de-sac would be unable to cope with the construction traffic and increased traffic the new housing would bring; he agreed with one of the children who had posted on the gate to the field "enough is enough". Residents went onto express their concern that local schools were already oversubscribed and that further development would lead to the loss of more greenfield sites.