Comment

Representation ID: 16977

Received: 18/03/2021

Respondent: Bingley Town Council

Bingley Town Council regrets the decision by Bradford Metropolitan District Council to make the Local Plan Consultation of such a short duration and its refusal to extend the deadline for comments. For such an important proposal, surely all residents should be given the chance to participate. To extend the deadline beyond the Local Elections in May and to take into account the gradual easing of lockdown measures would give those who do not or cannot use technology, to engage fully in the process. It seems to be discriminatory to take this route which will not allow many voters to express their views.
As Bradford Metropolitan District Council are aware, Bingley Town Council is in the process of developing its own Neighbourhood Plan and expects to hold its own Regulation 14 and Regulation 16 consultation and referendum before the end of 2021.
There are aspects of the proposed options for housing development which contradict the policies and objectives of the Bingley Town Council Draft Neighbourhood Plan, which has been publicly available and shared with Iain Cunningham, Senior Planning Officer at Bradford Metropolitan District Council A response from Iain Cunningham re the necessity or not of an S.E.A. is awaited.