Object
Draft Bradford District Local Plan - Preferred Options (Regulation 18) February 2021
Representation ID: 16756
Received: 24/03/2021
Respondent: Addingham Civic Society
Impact on Character of Village and the Conservation Area.
Impact on Landscape and Landscape Setting of the Village. Housing development on AD/7 would have a damaging impact on landscape, an important green infrastructure link, and the appearance of a village entry point.
Virtually the entire village is within 2.5 km habitat protection zones for the South and North Pennine Moors SPA’s/SAC’s.
Site AD7/H - comprises three parallel linear fields, separated by dry stone walls. There are many mature trees, hedgerows, and a deciduous woodland (priority habitat) on the adjacent land on the Silsden Road Recreation Ground to the east. It occupies important green space within the green/blue infrastructure corridor along Marchup, connecting people and wildlife to open countryside on the western side of the A65.
It also forms part of a green gateway helping to soften the entry into the built-up area of the village down Silsden Road. The Daniel Palmer Nature Reserve lies adjacent to the southern boundary of the site.