Object

Representation ID: 30076

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Persimmon Homes (West Yorkshire)

Agent: Lichfields

Rejection of the full site SI/004

While the allocation of site SI2/H is supported it is important to recognise that this site forms part of a wider site in Persimmon’s control and it is inexplicable that the wider site that is located within the defined urban area of Silsden (and in particular the remainder of site SI/004 which has been identified within the Council’s own evidence based as being unconstrained) has not been also been identified as a preferred allocation.

As discussed throughout these representations, the most appropriate approach is the allocation of the full extent of the land within Persimmon’s control, as this would allow for the area to be comprehensively master planned for the long term reflecting the constraints and opportunities afforded by this site, for wider benefits to be delivered, and for a new eastern defensible eastern settlement boundary to this part of Silsden to be created.

In summary, Site SI2/H should be extended to accommodate the full extent of the 12.27 hectares of land within Persimmon’s control as shown on Figure 1.1 and Appendix 1 and allocated for 260 homes.

It is considered that development of the wider land holding (comprising the entirety of SLA site SI/004) would provide a suitable, available and deliverable extension of site SI2/H for allocation within the Local Plan.

The entirety of site SI/004 is located outside the Green Belt and within the settlement boundary for Silsden, it is identified by the Council’s own evidence base as being wholly unconstrained. The site should therefore be allocated in full within the next iteration of
the plan.