Object

Representation ID: 24909

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

Even if we discount any portions of this site falling within Flood Zones 2 and 3a and reduce the area for development to the 85% of the site lying within Flood Zone 1, the remaining 1.05ha is only planned to produce a unit density of 29 per ha. Of all the sites under discussion for Baildon, this is the best (or least worst!) one which could, objectively, provide for ‘medium density affordable housing’. Densities of 26, 26 and 19 units per hectare respectively, included in the Draft Plan at the 3 Green Belt sites already discussed in this submission, would be likely to produce precisely zero contribution to any conceivably sensible definition of ‘affordable’. This site would appear to be more suitable for somewhat higher density of affordable homes.