Object

Representation ID: 16715

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Shipley Town Council

Concerned by the wording of part 4 relating to optimising opportunities provided by close proximity of Leeds International Airport.

This locks in a degree of economic dependence upon a very high-carbon activity, and influences land-use by providing a supposed justification for greenfield, road-based development between the city and the airport, including the use of Green Belt land.

Encouraging the increased use of Leeds Bradford International Airport is not compatible with Bradford Council’s zero carbon ambition as low carbon aviation cannot be achieved in this plan period and in fact to reach zero carbon it is highly probable that a contraction of air travel is in fact needed to prevent catastrophic climate change.

It is vital that Bradford develops an alternative strategy that is not reliant on the airport.