Object
Draft Bradford District Local Plan - Preferred Options (Regulation 18) February 2021
Representation ID: 18411
Received: 24/03/2021
Respondent: The Wright Trust
Number of people: 2
Agent: Johnson Mowat
Housing Distribution - Baildon
The housing target in Baildon in the Draft Local Plan is 250 dwellings (Policy SP8), which includes the proposed allocation of six greenfield sites, including three Green Belt sites, of which BA2/H and BA6/H form two of.
The housing target in Baildon is significantly below the baseline distribution of the housing requirement based solely on population, which is 820 dwellings.
The Council’s Housing Growth Technical Note refers the significant difference between the baseline target and the preferred distribution in Baildon and justifies this as being due to the lack of suitable sites and land supply being the main issue. Clearly BA2/H and BA6/H are important sites, required to meet the proportionately low housing requirement in Baildon.
It is our clients position that whilst the inclusion of BA2/H and BA6/H are supported it is considered that the overall requirement for both Baildon and the District as a whole should be significantly higher.