Object
Draft Bradford District Local Plan - Preferred Options (Regulation 18) February 2021
Representation ID: 19761
Received: 24/03/2021
Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Green)
Number of people: 2
We do not accept that the proposed release of tracts of Green Belt in the draft local plan is consistent with the NPPF. Nor do we accept that development on Green Belt and Greenfield land will lead to the necessary biodiversity net gain referenced in Policy EN2: Biodiversity.
Bradford Council has NOT justified the exceptional circumstances for building on the Green Belt on the edge of Shipley. There is under-utilised land nearer Shipley Town Centre that could and should be used for development, and higher housing densities should also be incorporated into the brownfield site allocations in line, for example, with those being achieved elsewhere in places like London.