Support

Representation ID: 3854

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Jenny Woodward

I support strong and ambitious Green Space Infrastructure Standards - both for new developments and existing houses. I looked at the technical report for Bingley and it highlighted the importance of having a standard that takes into account walking distance. For example, Bingley is assessed as having a good amount of parks - yet most of this is St Ives that is at least a 30-45 minute walk for many residents and therefore not accessible.
Bradford Council should proactively seek to provide GS if standards are not met for a particular area of town (e.g. the Priestthorpe area of Bingley).
Also the GS standards should take into account the amount of private gardens. A survey of pupils at Priestthorpe Primary school found that 48% do not have access to a garden. This needs to be taken into account in the standards too.