Support

Representation ID: 29513

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: The Illingworth Family

Agent: Johnson Mowat

Our client the Illingworth family, support the identification of Site KY1/H and confirm its deliverability within the Plan Period.

The site has been identified as suitable for development, having been identified as a safeguarded site in the 2005 Replacement UDP (Ref K/UR5.24) and prior to this the as a Housing Site in the 1998 UDP (Ref H2/68).

The Site Description, states the site consists of a number of fields used for animal grazing. This is incorrect. The preferred allocation is a single field.

Access to KY1/H should be via Hollins Lane.

This site is available and deliverable in the short term. There is therefore no reason why the delivery timescales cannot be 0-5 years.

We are confident that any heritage constraint can be factored in to the design of a deliverable scheme. It is noted that the Council’s Heritage Impact Statement for this site refers to the mitigation measures and opportunities to enhance the significance, which refers to strengthening the landscaped/ tree boundary along the north western and south-western boundaries of the site and retaining / rebuilding the dry-stone boundary walls.

In summary:

The site is available and is well located within the Keighley NW urban area. It has no known viability issues and could deliver the full S106 requirements. It constitutes a logical infill within the existing urban area in what is a well-served and well-located site in the north west Keighley urban area.