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Representation ID: 16760

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: Martin Edwardes

The land is greenbelt and no good reasons have been made for development.
Access Road is inadequate.
Negative effects on Prince of Wales Park.
Heights Lane is natural urban boundary.
Problems of urban sprawl.
I believe ‘Friends of Prince of Wales Park’ have raised objections.
Impact on rich variety of bird life which use both the fields and woodland habitat in the park. Impact on visiting (migratory) bird life and to the bats that roost locally.

Proximity of proposed development to moorland.

The fields act as a sponge and that they have standing water more and more frequently. Suggestion that a drainage system would nullify the negative effects of building, I'm sure the victims of catastrophic flooding in Bingley, Saltaire and Shipley on more than one occasion in the last decade were similarly reassured. Development will lead to further flooding.

Buses are not a well used due to time taken to get to Bingley. Both railway stations are not accessible easily on foot. Your strategic aim is to place housing within 15 minutes’ walk of transport links is not applicable for these sites.
Treating the development as two parcels avoids the need to build affordable housing, which is far less profitable and we know that the ‘minimum density of housing’ requirement is not being fulfilled.
Eldwick Primary is at capacity.
Beckfoot and Bingley Grammar Schools are oversubscribed.
Poor, rushed and undemocratic consultation.
Need to ensure decisions are based on correct information.