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Representation ID: 23588

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Peter Bryson

3.0 Extensive areas of Vacant Brownfield Land in Bradford

A number of strategic policies within this Local Plan give whole-heartedly support the policies for sustainable growth and development in the district. I also strongly support the policies which prioritise the allocation and use of brownfield sites. These good policies will both work towards the regeneration and also improving the sustainability of key areas, both within the village of Addingham itself and also, more generally, elsewhere within the much-wider Bradford City region.

As even a casual visitor to Bradford can see, much of Bradford’s urban land is now “brownfield and post-industrial”. These large areas of post-industrial of brownfield site is ideal for developing more affordable housing, obviously as part of a wider programme of urban regeneration.

However, in this draft plan, almost no brownfield sites have been identified. This omission is simply bizarre!!!