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Representation ID: 29793

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Ilkley Civic Society

Previously Developed Land

The NPPF para 138 strongly favours the use of brownfield sites over green field and green belt despoilation. Bradford Council area is substantially endowed with brown field sites, many of which are easily accessible to the city centre. The council wants to develop the city centre as part of urban regeneration. Some brownfield sites are urban waste and leaving them in that state detracts from Bradford ever becoming a commercially thriving city. Using Wharfedale green belt sites for housing in no way supports the city centre. It merely provides costly overspill housing for Leeds.

The allocation of green belt sites for housing in preference to the allocation of brown field sites contradicts the NPPF and Bradford’s own strategies for economic regeneration.

WYCA FUNDING
WYCA has recently announced funding of £167m to BMDC to support Brownfield development. While this initiative is welcome, it also reinforces the need to develop brownfield sites first. Making green belt available for housing development undermines this funding.