Support

Representation ID: 28391

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Joint Committee (GNRTDG, Keighley Town Council & Parish Councils of Cullingworth, Denholme, Haworth, Cross Roads & Stanbury, and Wilsden

Great Northern Railway Trail is currently protected in the UDP & RUDP and planning permission has already been approved for the most part.

Thank the Council for their proposed continued protection of the route between Keighley and Queensbury and refer to policies SP7, SP10, SP11, SP14, SP15, SP16 and TR1, TR2, TR3 & TR4 in their support

Policy TR1: Stategic Transport Delivery

A - Walking and Cycling
Acting to provide walking and cycling networks that are coherent, direct, safe, comfortable and attractive.

Developing a Priority Cycle Network through expanding cycle provision on district roads, including the Primary Road Network (PRN) and Key Route Network (KRN), to expand on the CityConnect cycle schemes,

Expanding and improving the network of off-road inter-urban and -town cycle routes... These may be on alignments including canal towpaths or railway sola. The network of multi-user greenways, including....the Great Northern Railway Trail are identified on the policies map, together with cycleway infrastructure relating to Queensbury Tunnel and the National Cycle Network.