Comment

Representation ID: 29777

Received: 25/03/2021

Respondent: Ilkley Town Council

The sites identified by Bradford, with two exceptions, do not seem unreasonable.

The one wholly objectionable site is IL1/H (Wheatley Grove). Site IL4/H (Stockeld Road) is also of concern as it is within the Ilkley Conservation Area and Flood Zone 2.

The only areas left are then site IL/3H, Coutances Way and IL2/H, Skipton Road east which are both in Green Belt and would need exceptional circumstances to be proved for their release.

In addition

1. Development should be at, at least 50 dwellings per ha.

2. There should be a mix of housing types and tenures (including social housing).

3. Included in the design should be green play areas, trees (and if possible allotments) etc.

3. To be in conformity with Bradford’s zero carbon policy, the dwellings must be built to the highest insulation standards with electric car charging points etc. The danger of flooding must be mitigated by the use of permeable surfaces wherever possible, rain water collection from houses, etc.

4. The site should be screened from the A65 by the planting of a shelter belt of substantial native trees (oak, ash etc.)

5. The wetland area below the site should be converted into a wetland nature reserve. This would complement the Ben Rhydding Nature Reserve on the opposite side of the A65.