Support

Representation ID: 3144

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: Alison Tribe

I support most of the approaches in the Strategy: I agree that the business park should be safeguarded, that infrastructure needs enhancing and that open spaces and wildlife/heritage assets should be protected. I am very pleased that some sites have been removed from housing development, in particular the fields between Bolton Road and the Nab which provide important and much-used acess to adjacent countryside.
But, as I have commented elsewhere in this document (eg Question 30), 700 new dwellings is unbalanced and makes it impossible to conserve the character of the village. This number should be reduced, and the needed for housing should be reduced by greater housing density on these sites and elsewhere in Bradford.
Regarding infrastructure, improved pedestrian access to the train station MUST be a priority and, in future, improvements to infrastructure and services (eg GP) must come before additional development (see comments on Question 9).