Object

Representation ID: 7101

Received: 10/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Susan Jackson

•This area currently functions well as green belt, as farmland for sheep and space for wildlife.
•Provides much needed greenspace and prevents urban sprawl. Alternative sites in Baildon and Shipley which would enhance the area rather than detract from it.
•Brownfield sites in Airedale should be redeveloped. With working from home and changing shopping habits look to reuse retail and business premises which are no longer used instead of losing green belt.
•Where development has to occur, developers should:
1. maintain public rights of way into the wider green belt;
2. include green spaces;
3. contribute to improving public transport;
4. Improve drainage;
5. Address surface water run-off which freezers in winter posing a danger to pedestrians.
•This area is greatly valued by people for walks in the countryside and should remain Green Belt.