Object

Representation ID: 24906

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

Only one aspect of this proposal carries a ‘minor positive’ effect and that effect is wholly ‘socio-economic, i.e. that the profile of housing envisaged at a density of 26 units/ha is likely to produce properties with values providing a better than average contribution to the Metropolitan District’s Tax Base. The site is regarded as having a ‘moderate impact for urban sprawl and would have a ‘major impact on openness’. It would actually, quite patently, have a major impact on that urban sprawl.

The presence of water courses, rising water table and ‘stressed’ soakaways down the adjacent sloping hillside, have already had some significant impacts on other already developed housing sites off West Lane. Significant development will risk further serious detrimental effects.