Object
Draft Bradford District Local Plan - Preferred Options (Regulation 18) February 2021
Representation ID: 18252
Received: 24/03/2021
Respondent: Pat Walker
- Lack of due process
- No evidence of demand for such a large supply in Addingham
- Sustainability - site in excess of 1.4km from village center
- Poor transport links
- Site is near A65 - doesn't comply with Bradford wellness policy
- Flooding and drainage
- Location - Dales Way
- Historical characteristics - an important space on the western side of Addingham. This field helps to separate the village from the bypass in longer distance views
- Green Belt - no exceptional circumstances
- Proximity to 2 natural character areas with special significance for wildlife habitat
- There are plenty of unused brownfield sites that could be utilized with out the need to release greenbelt
- Schools - Ilkley Grammar School is regularly oversubscribed
- Safety - the junction between moor land and turner land is on a bad bend that is already treacherous