Comment

Representation ID: 17169

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Jones Homes (Yorkshire) Limited

Agent: Savills (UK) Ltd

Policy SP3 designates Bingley as a Principal Town and Cottingley as a Local Service Centre. We agree that these are the most appropriate hierarchy positions for the two urban areas.

In line with our comments on draft Policy SP2, we do not consider that the current single housing allocation within Cottingley for 155 dwellings will provide protection of character, or a balanced growth strategy.

Recommendation 4: notwithstanding our recommendations set out below on the quantum of housing delivery within Cottingley, the overall housing delivery on greenfield sites within Local Service Centres should not be delivered through a single allocation which would be disproportionate in scale to the existing urban area. Multiple smaller allocations should instead be progressed in line with the Government’s objectives set out within the Housing White Paper to enable SME Housebuilders to increase delivery and to ensure development is locally distinctive, with a wider range of house types and tenure, and likely to be delivered as multiple outlets, therefore delivering homes across the plan period.