Object

Representation ID: 18380

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Johnson Mowat

No objection to the overall hierarchy of settlements but concerns over the over dependency on the the Regional City and the disproportionately low proportion of new dwellings to be delivered across settlements outside the Regional City.

Wording changes are suggested:

Under Principal Towns - omit the word 'local' - re-word to "Outside of the Regional City, Ilkley, Keighley and Bingley will be the main focus for housing and employment growth, shopping, leisure, education, health and cultural activities and facilities’.

Support for the indication that Local Growth Centres should ‘make a significant contribution to meeting the District’s needs for housing, employment and provide for supporting community facilities’.

For local service centres omit the phrase 'smaller scale' -and re-word to ‘Within the Local Service Centres… the emphasis will be on a smaller scale of development comprising both market and affordable housing appropriate to the particular location, together with…’