A protest petition has been launched against plans to build nearly 500 homes on a greenfield site at Ladyfield near Kingholm Quay.Campaigners are seeking support in their fight against the Crichton Trust’s £45 million “care campus” proposal.And they have won the backing of Dumfries councillor Malcolm Johnstone who claims that the scheme “flies in the face” of the authority’s Local Development Plan.Members of the Save Ladyfield campaign claim the project would lead to an increased risks of flooding, destroy wildlife habitat and add more traffic to an already congested roads network.Mr Johnstone, a Nith ward councillor, said: “I’m here to represent the views of the people in the Save Ladyfield campaign.“They’ve got very valid concerns and I get it.“I think development along here is playing fast and loose with the Local Development Plan (LDP).
It actually flies in the face of it.“How is this in keeping with the council’s own conditions for development?“The council’s own LDP states that there’s a history of flooding at the site and a masterplan will need to take into account ‘appropriate road networks’.”He added: “A survey of woodland needs to show how trees will be protected during construction.
I’m not sure how that would work.“We do need housing but surely it would make more sense to utilise brownfield sites before greenfield ones?”A meeting organised by the Save Ladyfield group earlier was attended by about 100 people keen to give their feedback on the proposed development.And it is stepping up its publicity campaign with the launch of the online petition this week.Group member Elaine Ferguson said: “In just a few days it has almost 300 signatures.
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