Object

Representation ID: 29589

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs D Coleman

•This is a valued open space used by the whole community and should be protected.
•Site is well used as a place to walk, exercise and freedom, sport/exercise/dog walking. People travelling to work, nurseries, schools.
•Site used for picnics, gatherings, parties, sledging, play and people enjoying themselves.
•Important to be able to access green space and fresh air within a few metres of home. Many dwellings have no gardens
•The site is safe - being overlooked on four sides.
•Used as a pathway to various destinations to avoid heavily congested roads.
•Safety concerns of accessing other spaces – parks, river, canals, woods.
•Beautiful views of Salts Mill, Saltaire and Baildon moor. Cherry trees attract birds, squirrels and bats.
•Site was designated as Recreation Open Space in previous plan. Site is a valued open space and policies show that it is supposed to be protected.
•Site should remain as open space and classes as ‘Amenity Greenspace’ in the Open Space Audit.
•This area (Shipley) is already shown to be deprived of green space. The Local Plan worsens the situation, decreasing the amount of green space while the policy states a need to increase it.
•Core Strategy Policy EN1 -protected from development’.
•Local Plan Policy CO1 provides protection against development of those existing open space .
•Greenspace protects against air pollution. There are thousands more vehicles on the roads.
•Unacceptable when there are numerous brownfield sites available.