SH4/H - Glenview Drive, Bankfield Road, Nabwood

Object

Representation ID: 1202

Received: 21/02/2021

Respondent: Mr John Priestley

Increase in traffic will lead to air pollution, compromise safety and exit via Glen View Drive
Site is very steep is dotted with springs and coal workings
Site supports wildlife- birds, mammals and amphibians
Site run off will increase and cause local flooding
Site has significant amenity value for local people

Object

Representation ID: 1223

Received: 10/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Ciarán McInerney

Needless use of green field site, especially when it will not have good access. The current road network isn't sufficient to support increased traffic flows, regardless of whether the access issue was resolved. Additionally, there are unacceptable ramifications for ground stability and drainage, habitats will be degraded, the site will result in loss of agricultural land and natural views and the plan generally does not respect the zero-carbon future Council policy.

Object

Representation ID: 1250

Received: 11/03/2021

Respondent: Miss Amanda Holloway

I would like to strongly OBJECT to the proposed building on sites SH5/H, SH6/H and SH4/H
My OBJECTIONS are
1 FLOODING GROUND STABLILITY and DRAINAGE. Branksome Drive is already a well known FLOOD zone & was victim of total house flooding in Dec 2015 whereby residents vacated their houses for up to 12 months. The residents are under constant stress as potential floods in Jan and Feb of 2021 already ! The Government is trying to prevent further areas of flood risk so it's seems ludicrous when there are so many other sites available.
2 INABILITY to cope with traffic volumes as well as linking to highway safety on busy A650. Roads around the area already queuing at peak times
3 LOSS OF WILDLIFE bats are seen widely in the area regularly and are a protected species
4 LOSS OF community identity... with the elimination of the GREEN BELT
5 Loss of Habitat
6 Non complience with zero carbon policy
7. Air Pollution
8. Detrimental Impact on existing properties

Object

Representation ID: 1272

Received: 24/02/2021

Respondent: Mrs Muriel Driver

Loss of green belt - impact on mental health, absorption of noise, dust etc
Site contains springs which flood residents gardens
Access - Glenview Drive is narrow, other options should be considered
Loss of farmland

Object

Representation ID: 1291

Received: 11/03/2021

Respondent: Mr David Pringle

No development should be permitted until the Shipley Eastern Bypass has been completed or other major infrastructure work completed to the junction of Saltaire Road(A657), Bingley Road (A650) and Moorhead Lane. The junction is operating at over capacity and cannot take any more traffic. In addition, there are existing consented but unimplemented schemes which will increase traffic further.
This site is greenbelt and other sites should be brought forwards and developed before consideration is given to ruining these habitats.
If development is permitted then access should be off Cottingley Cliffe Road and not directed through this residential area which suffers enough cut through traffic.. It may be more difficult but that is just the cost of providing a junction and simply means less land sale receipts to the owner.

Object

Representation ID: 1405

Received: 13/03/2021

Respondent: Ms Cassie Taylor-Wagstaff

Very worried about the impact on local wildlife and the huge implications for traffic on Nab Wood. The developments will massively increase traffic at the bottom of Bingley Road with more traffic coming up into Saltaire. Both developments will cause more bottlenecks at the Mercure roundabout and Saltaire junction. There is already traffic congestion and this will increase pollution for residents. It will turn an already built up area into something that feels overcrowded.

Object

Representation ID: 1413

Received: 13/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Richard Wagstaff

Very worried about the impact on local wildlife and the huge implications for traffic on Nab Wood. The developments will massively increase traffic at the bottom of Bingley Road with more traffic coming up into Saltaire. Both developments will cause more bottlenecks at the Mercure roundabout and Saltaire junction. There is already traffic congestion and this will increase pollution for residents. It will turn an already built up area into something that feels overcrowded.

Object

Representation ID: 1449

Received: 13/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Daniel English

We don’t believe that the local infrastructure could support this many new houses.

Object

Representation ID: 1461

Received: 13/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Helen Lynskey

The proposal to change the green belt boundary is not in line with the National Planning Policy Framework which states greenbelt boundaries should only be altered in exceptional circumstances - available brownfield sites must be considered first and there is a need to promote sustainable patterns of development if green belt land is released. The Council needs to allocate housing to more brownfield sites across the Local Plan area (such as at Valley Road) instead of releasing greenbelt land.

This site is not sustainable due to the following negative environmental impacts. All are strong reasons to oppose this allocation:
Loss of mature trees and woodland
Impact on water quality
Flood risk will increase downhill from the site.
Air pollution and noise from additional cars
Loss of local greenspace that is important to residents’ wellbeing
Schools already oversubscribed
Poor access to public transport (poor bus service) and local shops and services

Object

Representation ID: 1465

Received: 13/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Alan Wright

Residents of Nab Wood already have to put up with a large number of drivers using Nab Wood as a "rat run" between Cottingley Cliffe Rd and the A650 or Moorhead despite the existence of a 20 mile hour speed limit. Creating access to 160 new homes via Glen view Drive would result in even more local traffic leading to further congestion, pollution and danger to those walking and cycling. Traffic volumes will be worsened by the fact that the site has no shops or recreational facilities nearby and poor links with public transport.

There would be loss of valuable habitat including woodland, hedgerows and grassland which form part of the green corridor for wildlife. The green boundary between Nab Wood and Cottingley would be eroded leading to a loss of identity for both.

There are local brownfield sites and numerous empty commercial premises with far better links to amenities.

Object

Representation ID: 1471

Received: 13/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Andrew Blackwood

Traffic regularly speeds up and down the hill. Access to the site will increase traffic significantly. 164 dwellings will roughly equate to 200 extra cars. Traffic control regimes are ineffective . Access via Glenview Road is narrow. The roads leading to that part of Nab Wood are not designed for an extra 200+ cars. It will increase traffic in the surrounding area. Traffic to Bradford via Shipley is already conjested. Increased traffic will only make the situation worse. Increased traffic will increase pollution, and noise and nuisance driving. Saltaire Road is a bottle neck and there are not options to widen or improve, this also applies to the A650 through Shipley. The green field site attracts deer, geese, foxs, owls, woodpeckers. These will be lost. The site also have many trees, that contribute to reducing global warming.

Object

Representation ID: 1481

Received: 14/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Peter Matchett

We are against further erosion of green belt and would prefer better use is made of the many derelict & brown field sites in the area.

Perhaps more importantly we are already appalled at the level of traffic congestion/speeding in the wider Shipley area but specifically in the Nab Wood/Cottingley districts. Made significantly worse at school and rush hour times. Unless traffic flow improvements come first then this development will only make things worse.

Object

Representation ID: 1551

Received: 14/03/2021

Respondent: Jessica Hutchinson

I object to this proposal as it would be very detrimental to the area and the environment. Building this many homes would undoubtedly increase traffic, congestion, and vehicle pollution in the local area. Especially as residents would likely cut through the surrounding Nab Wood/Moorhead area. Additionally, this would ruin a lovely green field site. One of the great things about the area is the access to green space for locals to appreciate and wildlife/nature to prosper on. Converting this into housing would destroy this, leading to loss of biodiversity and sanctuary for wildlife, increased pollution (air, noise, light, littering etc.), and additional strain on local resources. Therefore, to best protect our local environment and its communities, it would be much better to convert a brown field site or focus on empty houses than destroy this lovely green space.

Object

Representation ID: 1599

Received: 15/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Emily Lillywhite

The only access to this site that you have identified is from Glenview - this would add a large number of vehicles to a residential area that has already had to be traffic calmed and also cause added congestion at the A650 corridor, especially for right hand turning (towards Bradford).

Object

Representation ID: 1602

Received: 15/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Trevor Mitchell

If this proposed development were to go ahead it would have a significantly detrimental effect on the quality of life for everyone living in the surrounding area. It is valuable green space used for exercise and well-being by many and the loss of the mature woodland in particular would have a devastating impact on residents and wildlife. That woodland provides a pocket of rural appeal visible to all and it's removal would urbanise and completely alter the appearance of Nab Wood. The damage could not be mitigated by tree planting. This development would spoil views, air quality, increase noise and traffic levels on unsuitable narrow residential roads and make the whole area less desirable to live in.
There are ample empty office and factory sites which could be used for residential development, rather than the continued building on green belt land. I strongly object.

Object

Representation ID: 1685

Received: 15/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Dave Belmont

This is green belt. You do not need to use this. Use non-green belt and especially brown field sites wherever possible. This would significantly increase the size of Nab Wood - there are already no facilities in Nab Wood at all- eg no play area. Buses will be a significant distance from the new houses. Using Bankfield Road, Glenview Road and Glenview Drive for access is crazy. The roads are not suitable for it; the junction at Bankfield Road/Glenview Road is dangerous with cars not stopping, and with very bad visibility. Our daughter had a no fault crash a few years ago. This area is already a rat run. These roads are also very dangerous in winter. Are there spaces in local schools? People will need to drive to them, so creating traffic noise and pollution. There is significant wildlife, with deer and foxes regularly seen. Crazy idea, sorry.

Object

Representation ID: 1721

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Graham Charman

I have grave concerns regarding these developments and wish to object strenuously to them going ahead.

Concerns include;
Ground stability and drainage. Especially heightened flood risk to properties to the immediate North of the proposed site. Branksome Grove and Drive.
Greenfield run off rate increase. Underground streams/land drains are confirmed to exist. Ground water ingress will cause flood issues previously non existent.
Bats are known to nest here.
Loss of natural views.
Detrimental impact on nearby residential amenity.
Lack of infrastructure-transport links (including public transport, walking and cycling), drainage, educational, medicaletc).
Inability to cope with traffic volumes, linking as well to highway safety, added air pollution caused by vehicular traffic –especially in relation to larger housing developments of over 100 proposed units).

Further detrimental impact on already poor air quality.
Presence of viable alternatives –such as brownfield sites in Shipley or commercial premises repurposed for mixed residential/commercial.

Object

Representation ID: 1732

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Ms Helen Sharp

The nearby roads are already far too congested to support the addition of more housing especially towards Cottingley on Cottingley Cliffe Road

Object

Representation ID: 1739

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Miss Laura MacDonald

Please re-read your own assessment and see that this development in this spot cannot be tolerated. It does multiple forms of damage to the community and environment, as you acknowledge, including worsening already poor air quality, risking the growing numbers of adults and kids with respiratory conditions. It trashes a precious unspoilt corner of rural England, unaltered for centuries. In an acknowledged green belt. And it fails to properly acknowledge the need to protect built heritage, in an area which heritage should be particularly proudly celebrated. Can Shipley really afford to lose more green space and heritage than it already has done? Can we afford to have worsened air quality when we are already shamefully and dangerously polluted? Can Bradford Council afford to institute a development which it acknowledges will make multiple targets harder to reach? Please, just say no.

Object

Representation ID: 1809

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Carolyn Tidd

The area is flooded with cars rat running for schools etc, as the council already knows. I cannot imagine what it would be like with the only access to these new houses being via Glenview Drive, which will make Nab Wood Drive even worse with traffic, looking at the amount of properties being proposed. This is an area of natural beauty, and contains an Ancient woodland !! The schools are known to be over subscribed in the area as it is, the roads are choked when the schools loose and it is dangerous to drive around here at this time. In my opinion if this goes ahead, it will be disasterous, leaving we in the existing neighbourhood to live with the turmoil this will create. All this, and not to mention the additional air quality pollution that will be caused.

Object

Representation ID: 1845

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Danielle Keidan

serious flooding in the area in 2015
cottingley cliffe road is already a race track with cars only slowing down at the speed cameras. Very difficult to turn right onto new brighton. significant death on the road a number of years ago.
loss of agricultural land & habitat
Loss of natural views
lack of infastructure, children come from miles away to the local schools
No benefit of building here due to loss of greenbelt when there is plenty of brown field sites in Shipley and commercial properties in bingley
bradford council is committed to zero carbon future, new homes and cars will not be net zero carbon
Ground Stability and drainage
loss of privacy and daylight
unable to cope with increase in traffic
detrimental to residents
loss of community identity
increase in noise pollution
loss of walks and cycle paths
increase in traffic back up to and from Saltaire

Object

Representation ID: 1847

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Ms Denise Hutchinson

Brownfield sites & empty housing stock should be used rather than destroying natural habitat. There are numerous mills and old buildings that could be developed. Similarly, there a many empty houses unoccupied by their owners. Building on this site will increase traffic through Nab Wood & Moorhead, put increased demand on local schools and GP practices. It will also increase pollution - 164 houses will mean an increase of at least 164 cars. Thereby increasing pollution levels, not only in terms of toxins but also noise pollution. The streets of Nab Wood/Moorhead are already used as rat runs where speed limits aren't abided by. More traffic also presents as a risk to pedestrians in the area.

Object

Representation ID: 2040

Received: 17/03/2021

Respondent: Dr Martin Cosgrove

This is large area of stunning green fields with a beautiful footpath through that has been used for generations.

It has at the bottom a grade II listed barn and stunning old properties that are so beautiful they are the current topic for an art exhibition and you would like to concrete over it!!!!!

It is difficult to describe how angry and incredulous I am that you have even considered this site let alone given approval to build so many houses on it.

Shame on you who made this decision Bradford Council. I don't know how you can sleep at night.

Object

Representation ID: 2042

Received: 17/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs K Pearson

This is a green site, so why build on it? There has been a loss of green field space at Cottingley already. This would join Cottingley and Nabwood.The main road is a very busy, and speed cameras are in place, with a very busy roundabout. More houses, each with 3 - 4 cars would make this road even more dangerous, particularly at morning school drop off. The number of dangerously parked cars and craziness at the roundabout is already a hazard to anyone unfortunate enough to be negotiating this area.

Object

Representation ID: 2124

Received: 18/03/2021

Respondent: Ms Tamsin Treasure-Jones

I understand the national pressures on the Council for house building. However, greenbelt sites are only supposed to be used in exceptional circumstances. It is not really possible to see how development could take place here (a site which is described as having "deciduous woodland priority habitat" and water sources) without it having a bad environmental impact. Indeed the plan itself states that "A significant adverse effect has been predicted for the air quality SA Objective as a result of the site being situated entirely within the CAZ." This seems to be a major issue to consider.
I believe that before building on sites such as this, we should thoroughly explore alternatives including: brownfield sites, improving existing housing, reviewing whether office space can be converted to housing (in light of the significant and likely permanent move to working from home).

Object

Representation ID: 2134

Received: 18/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Lewis Williams

It does not represent sustainable development.
It would destroy an area of biodiversity which could not be replaced for generations, if ever.
It would be detrimental to the mental and physical health of a large number of people.
It would pose an increased flood risk in an area already prone to flooding and ground saturation.
It would cause the loss of natural views which benefit a wide surrounding area.
The proposed entry route to the new development is entirely unsuitable for additional cars and the traffic that this would create. There would be a significant increase in air pollution and noise pollution detrimental to the quality of life and the health of residents.
This green space demarcates the communities of Nab Wood and Cottingley. Losing this space would cause of a loss of community identity valuable to residents of both areas.

Object

Representation ID: 2159

Received: 18/03/2021

Respondent: Ms Stephanie Lewis

This is valuable area for nature and biodiversity, furthermore, if the only access is via Glenview road this will dramatically increase traffic and be a bottleneck. Respectfully; anyone who thinks that this is a reasonable route for the 200- 250 cars that such a development will bring has never visited the site.

Object

Representation ID: 2160

Received: 18/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Martin Priestley

Rather than concreting over our greenbelt land, the council should be prioritizing brownfield sites and derelict buildings for development. The land in question is unsuitable for building. It is steep and boggy, and potentially unstable due to springs and historic mining. The land is heavily water-logged, but by holding this water up on the hillside, it is aiding massively in flood prevention. If 164 houses are permitted to be built, then this will be lost, and the new rooftops will channel rainwater straight into the drains, increasing flood risk lower down in Nab Wood. The area is teeming with wildlife, including deer, foxes, moles and owls, and the trees not only provide fresh air and store carbon, but also help to filter out local pollution. All of the local schools are all over-subscribed. More houses will only exacerbate this problem, as well as putting pressure on doctors, dentists etc too.

Object

Representation ID: 2170

Received: 18/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Rosalind Dawson

SH4/H: Glenview Drive, Bankfield Road, Nabwood, Shipley. 164. I strongly object because this is precious greenfield next to an historic farm and outbuildings. Building here will have severe detrimental impacts on wildlife, Bradford's history and environment. The surrounding roads, all suburban, quiet streets, do not have the capacity for the increased traffic. Additionally, the main road between Cottingley, Saltaire and Bradford is already blocked and too congested. There are no local amenities nearby like parks or shops so more car journey will be needed. This site is not a sustainable location.

Object

Representation ID: 2197

Received: 18/03/2021

Respondent: Ms Lisbeth Krzykawski

This area is a greenbelt and woodland area which we must protect for future generations. Access to this site is inadequate through already over populated area. Increase of pollution would be a major concern not to mention the pressure on community services