Lake District car park refused once again
The third time was not the charm in the case of Lingholm Private Trust’s bid to construct a 150-space car park with public toilets on land at Ullock Moss.
Lake District National Park Authority members voted in line with officer recommendation to reject the Catbells car park application on Wednesday. The group had refused a similar proposal in 2021, while the trust had submitted and withdrawn another application for the car park in 2022.
If they had been approved, the project would have seen a half-hourly shuttlebus service between Cupboard Filed and Ullock Moss brought in, with part of Cupboard Field set aside for a turning facility.
Lingholm Private Trust had argued that the area was becoming hazardous due to the amount of illegal parking taking place along the side of the road.
However, while the Local Highway Authority did agree that there is illegal parking, however it added that it was not yet deemed a road safety risk.
The local authority members ultimately decided that there was not enough merit in the proposal to justify building a car park on open countryside and the harm it may cause the local landscape.
Crosby Granger Architects designed the project for the trust. Steven Abbott Associates was the planning consultant. Tetra Tech crafted the transport proposals.
To learn more about the refused project, search reference 7/2024/2182 on the Lake District National Park Authority’s planning portal.
Another example of LDNPA sticking their heads in the sand and ignoring ongoing traffic issues. How anyone can think that is it acceptable to have a situation where it could be “difficult if not impossible” for emergency vehicles to pass, to quote the LHA, is beyond me!
By Anonymous
I don’t know this spot or whether there is merit (need) for the proposals, beyond the Lakes are very popular with outdoor enthusiasts and the roads and parking can be a mare! But having had a nosey, it’s already a partly open and surfaced site (find it at CH12 5TY) that is surrounded by woodland, how it has a landscape impact is beyond me! So if not here, where?
By Mr N Imby