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Representation ID: 3805

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Jenny Woodward

Housing Distribution - Bingley

I accept quality houses are needed, especially for people on lower incomes. However, the allocation is too high for Bingley (and possibly in other areas). Factors that need to be taken into account include:

The amount of houses that have been built in the last 10 years - Bingley has has hundreds.
More generally, Green Space Infrastructure standards (see Natural England's definition) need to be clearly set and adhered too i.e. if the building work means the standards are not reached (both for the new and existing housing stock) it should not be given planning permission. The most important standard is "at least 2 hectares of green space no more than 300m from home".

Also, all new houses that are built need to confirm to high environmental and health-giving standards e.g. no gas boilers, 'green' or 'natural' landscaping.