Support

Representation ID: 18386

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: Mapeley STEPS Limited

Agent: Montagu Evans LLP

The draft Local Plan identifies the Hierarchy of Settlements (Policy SP3) which notes that the regional City of Bradford – including Shipley and Lower Baildon) will provide the prime focus of new housing development and employment, shopping, leisure, community, open space and other uses. This area will see the greatest proportion of growth, including 1,200 new homes in Shipley over the plan period (Policy H8).
Housing growth will be planned, distributed and managed in accordance with the vision, objectives and spatial priorities in the Plan. Draft Policy SP4 states that the Local Plan will give first priority to the efficient and effective re-use of deliverable and developable previously developed land and buildings.
This written representation confirms that we are supportive of the inclusion of Shipley as a primary focus for new development, in particular new residential development and the effective use of previously developed land. The Council’s approach to identifying and allocating sites is considered to represent the most appropriate strategy for the regional city area, and is sound.