Object

Representation ID: 29961

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Harworth Group PLC

Agent: Rob Moore

Objection to the failure to allocate site SE/163

The site is sustainably located, being on the edge of Bradford City Centre and with the proposed relief road which would act as a defensible boundary between Bradford and Leeds. It therefore does not encroach into the open countryside in a way worse than the draft allocations and would instead be the catalyst in the regeneration of Holme Wood.

The proposed residential use of the site meets the three strands of sustainable development (social,
economic and environmental).

We have addressed the three reasons cited as being reasons for the site's non allocation and do not consider any of these to be justification for the decision.

1) There are no insurmountable heritage reasons for discounting the site.

2) There is no greater impact from the high-pressure gas mains on our client’s site than the preferred allocation at Holme Wood South. It should therefore not be regarded as a constraint to development.

3) Landscape impact - Whilst a detailed landscape study will be carried out in due course the site has limited landscape value, with large scale agricultural built form and quasi-urban features (e.g. Garden Centre) already established over many areas. While we recognise that any large SUE will have landscape impacts, the Holme Wood South site totals 45 Ha in the countryside and therefore will have potentially greater impacts on the landscape to our client’s site due to its elevated positon extending further into the countryside (figure 7). For that reason, it is inconsistent to discount site SE/163 using the same rationale that applies when allocating Holme Wood South.