Object

Representation ID: 4873

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Banks Property

The background text to Policy SP5 confirms that the Council considers exceptional circumstances exist which justify and require a change to the general extent of the Green Belt. There is a significant shortfall in Non-Green Belt employment land availability against need, and no potential land supply of Non-Green Belt large or strategic sites has been identified. Site BU/015 Land off Burley Bypass provides a suitable option for release of Green Belt land for employment in Wharfedale, an area which is constrained by Green Belt and where there are currently no employment allocations. The site is well contained lying between the A65 and River Wharfe, and development would not impact the function of the surrounding Green Belt through unrestricted sprawl, encroachment into open countryside or coalescence. Banks Property has submitted further information on Site BU/015 in response to the Council’s Site Assessment Update Report (Feb 2021).