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Representation ID: 3257

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Simon Hatfield

Of the potential sites in Baildon the proposal to build on BA5/H is the most distressing and as such has the capacity to provoke a very widespread, active and vociferous protest movement within the community. Sited within the beautiful and ecologically valuable Ghyll Beck valley, it is an area heavily used by walkers.
The planners who rejected the site in previous years wrote:
'Development would be very obtrusive in the existing green belt and take the town boundary too far into it. In addition the land has limited means of vehicular access. Further, its proximity to the open green space at Tong Park which is a SEGI and Spring Woods, a SSSI, means that development could affect those environments detrimentally.'
And even this year the planners write:
'High potential for sprawl and a major impact on openness.'
Baildon requires more housing but this site is pushing the boundaries too far.