Palmerston Road and Denorrton Park Under Threat

Palmerston Road Sydenham in East Belfast is once more being held under threat of the Developers once more we have to fight to try and save our green belt that runs from the top of the Palmerston Road to the Station Road we have Developers trying to erect apartments behind homes causing fear among the residents that their homes would be over looked or that water pipes in the area could not cope with waste as the water system is the same as it was many years ago. But the Developers are back once more trying to build apartments on the only part of green belt thats left in the area of Sydenham this is not any other green belt it forms a valley of trees wildlife bats birds the habitat has taken years to grow and some of the trees that are under threat are two hundred years old and the Developers claim the apartments they are planning will be echo friendly yet if they are built with the present planning application it will wipe out a area that has trees of two hundred years old and it will cause the biggest ever change to an area like sydenham that could never be put right as the trees are part of the fibre of Sydenham and the Valley is known in the area as Bunkers Hill after the American War when a soldier returning from that war at Bunkers Hill in American named it after the battle ,They also claim these apartments will be echo friendly yet the plans they are proposing has cut out most of the aspects of the gardens and trees and also removed disabled parking and cycle racks and they claim to be building them for people who have retired
To claim they are eco friendly is a joke when they are planning so much destruction of part of our green belt they seem not to care about what the residents in the area want they dont care about how the residents feel about the private driveway they have planned for the entrance of the site they seem to don't want to listen to peoples concerns many of the people have lived in their homes for many years the site entrance is on to Denorrton Park it is not on a major road it is only a side street of the major Holywood Road that has enough problems with parking and cars parking on the footpaths this Development will bring more traffic to this very quite street and will add to the problems for the residents of the park.
Northern Ireland Planning Service should step back and learn the mistakes from the past the need for them to listen to local residents who already live in the area should have protection from developments like this, when the planning office must see that this development is being shoehorned into a site that is far from suitable and the planning service know the feeling of the residents in Denorrton Park they also seem to have forget to ask the residents of the Palmerston Road how they feel about this development as it will mean overlooking issues Bunkers hill looks over the Palmerston Road and any development would cause major problems for them but the Planning Service seem not to care about the feeling of residents on the Palmerston Road that such a major change to the habitat is being railroaded through behind their backs and have not any say in what may cause major problems in the future for them as well as make a difference in how they feel living in an area that trees will be replaced with apartment blocks and their privacy will be compromised by this development and the opening of the floodgates to other developers moving into the area offering huge amounts of money to residents to move out. To enable them to build more apartments because the Northern Ireland Planning Service can not protect or preserve the heritage of the residents who have lived in the area and bring their children up in the homes it will cause a huge change for the residents they will be expected to live with overlooking issues where once their homes looked out on a hill covered in green habitat and if the flood gates open it will mean for the residents that apartments will take the place of homes and mean people looking down on them day and night
We ask the Northern Ireland Planning Service to look after the rights of the residents from the Palmerston Road who's privacy is being compromised if the Northern Ireland Planning Service do not stand up for their rights of privacy it would be a great miss justice to them we ask the Northern Ireland Planning Service to carry out a proper survey in the area to include residents from Denorrton Park,Palmerston Road,Larkfield Park,Palmerston Park,Victoria Road,all residents that would be affected if this green belt was removed to make way for developments if the flood gates were to open causing a domino effect along this only part of green belt that is left in the Sydenham Area that is so important to the residents
We ask Harry Roston Architect Ltd and Limetree Retirement Homes to meet the residents of the area and give them their chance to speak with the reps in the area before these amended plans are put in place and action taken to start any development at this site some of our residents are in their retirement and have lived in the area for most of their married life or it is married children of the retired please think of how this development and any future developments would have on their lives
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