Consultation Question 98

Object

Representation ID: 16

Received: 09/02/2021

Respondent: Miss Rachel Pinder

There are too many housing estates in Baildon. You will be fine taking up and encroaching even more green belt land. There will be far too many people - which is already the case as well - using services and the extra cars on the roads will make it a nightmare.

Object

Representation ID: 232

Received: 17/02/2021

Respondent: Mr Philip Davis

Stop all bulding on greenfield sites until all Brownfield sites are exhausted and this is proven.
Consider overall impacts on an area e.g. Access into and out of Baildon.
Explain rationale for taking into account local people's views to prove their views are listened to.
Follow own policies on reducing carbon, flood risk reduction, local democracy and protecting biodiversity.

Object

Representation ID: 465

Received: 25/02/2021

Respondent: Mr Neil Collins

Bradford has a plentiful supply of brownfield sites that have not been developed.
In her judgement dated 8/6/2020 in Aireborough Neighbourhood Development Forum vs Leeds City Council, Mrs Justice Lieven found that it was wrong to leave Green Belt sites in a development plan solely because the Council wished to reduce the numbers around the district proportionately. Green belt should be removed from the plan and brownfield sites built on first.
This judgement is surely just as relevant to Bradford.
Our Prime Minister's "Build Build Build" announcement on 30/6/2020 said brownfield building would be made easier to protect Green Belt. This should be bourne in mind and our Green Belt not built on.

Object

Representation ID: 626

Received: 02/03/2021

Respondent: Baildon Walkers are Welcome Group

As an acredited Walkers are Welcome Group, we aim to encourage and support walking in and around Baildon as a way of promoting:
* health and well-being of local residents
* providing guided walks, and self-guided walking books (also available on line) to encourage people to come to Baildon to walk from other parts of the District (in co-operation with Visit Bradford, Yorkshire Walkshire, and the Countryside Service)
* to support the local economy (retail and hospitality)
* to help to protect the local environment and ensure that rights of way are protected and kept in good condition.
We wish to make some representations about the need to protect Rights of Way and open space in relation to several of the proposed sites for new housing

Object

Representation ID: 819

Received: 06/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Paula Taylor

Wild spaces and green belt land need to be protected
Greenbelt should not be built on it needs to be protected because of wildlife

Object

Representation ID: 865

Received: 07/03/2021

Respondent: V Neat

The Uk is shockingly one of the most nature depleted places in Europe. Greenbelt should be protected now more than ever. Meadows rich in biodiversity such as those in the area surrounding Bailden are of great ecological value to all of us. Children growing up in deprivation, their families and their schools need easy access to nature and green spaces . The immense benefits of beautiful established natural sites are invaluable for mental health and well- being as well as for nature recovery and must be protected from development. Other tsites and affordable housing solutions must be found.

Object

Representation ID: 888

Received: 07/03/2021

Respondent: Miss Alice Crabtree

I am opposed new houses being built on any green belt land.
Old buildings and wasteland should be used.
Places like Tong Park serve as rest bite from the concrete society many people from Baildon and further afield live in. Taking away this land and building houses, not only will it make it impossible to get out of Baildon village in a morning due to traffic, it will also affect its residents mental health and wellbeing by ripping out our biodiversity and filling that space with more concrete.
We are lacking in green areas to exercise and enjoy as it is, and with 97% of wild flower fields lost since 1950 we can't afford to lose anymore.

Object

Representation ID: 1000

Received: 09/03/2021

Respondent: Mr George Wilkinson

I object to your proposition of building on the green belt land areas. As the strategy says, the town should be an attractive and vibrant place to live and what could be more attractive and vibrant than the beautiful yet fragile flora and fauna that the valley has been blessed with?

Object

Representation ID: 1863

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Craig Smith

I appreciate that the country needs more homes and that Baildon/Bradford has a part to play in this. But we cannot keep destroying our greenbelt to hit short sighted housing targets. Please focus on developing brownfield sites, there is no shortage of them in Bradford.

Object

Representation ID: 2421

Received: 20/03/2021

Respondent: Pennythorn Limited

The area strategy and allocations proposed for Baildon are based on a fundamentally flawed Green Belt Review where Arup has inconsistently applied ratings to sites. As such this evidence base and the resultant proposed allocations fail to meet the policy test for release. Further details set out on the appended objection.

Object

Representation ID: 2928

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Beverly Jackson

The area strategy should not include greenfield, green belt or sites within heritage UNESCO buffer zone.
Strategy is not about building environmentally friendly, sustainable affordable housing.
No thought to impact on wildlife, residents or the environment.

Support

Representation ID: 3191

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: Baildon Branch Labour Party

I am generally supportive of the approach but have concerns over the green belt, in terms of the difficulty of providing sustainable new boundaries. I would also like to see that there is more of a focus on the intra settlement public transport which is somewhat poor, whilst recognising that public transport to other settlements has been steadly eroded since the deregulation of buses.

Object

Representation ID: 3517

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: Ms Marcia McGrail

Many of the 'sustaining and supporting local services and facilities' claims are unachievable within the present green belt stealing LP - Baildon's special village character is being sold off, irrevocably altered and not for the better. These developments will ensure key heritage assets become supernumery outposts of yesteryear surrounded by sterile concrete until their relevance is forgotten and they too fall to the planning pen. Protecting air quality as well as protecting and enhancing existing open spaces and green areas, networks and corridors whilst imposing the allocated number of units on an already near capacity road network structure is pure pie in the sky rhetoric. The residents know this. Kerbfronted housing is an anathema. These 'cheek by jowl shoehorn 'em in' proposals fly in the face of the pandemic campaign 'every bit of space matters'. The developers are the only ones to benefit from this plan.

Object

Representation ID: 3629

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Yvonne Keer

Building on green belt ruins wildlife habitats.
There road infrastructure is not adequate in Baildon, queues down Baildon Road already.
Only takes issue in Shipley and whole village is grid locked.

Object

Representation ID: 5115

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Tim Johnson

One of the key elements of the Strategy focuses on "Protecting and enhancing existing open spaces and green areas, networks and corridors including the urban fringe to enhance biodiversity and recreation within and adjacent to the settlement as well as incorporating sufficient green space", but the plan to develop green belt land for residential dwellings is completely at odds with this. The council should work harder to identify more brownfield sites for dwellings in the first instance.

Object

Representation ID: 5673

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Roger Geeson

The developments planned for Baildon do not reflect the key elements of the local area strategy set out above. The scale of development is excessive and not supported by the local service infrastructure. The locations selected for development, most particularly the development off Meadowside Road will irreversibly damage areas which as well as being important in terms of habitat and wildlife also provide an invaluable resource for the recreation and well being of the Bradford public, as well evidenced during the recent periods of lockdown.

Object

Representation ID: 5971

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Baildon & Shipley Friends of the Earth

1.A destination of choice for leisure cyclists of all ages, and for cycling to be a popular form of transport within Baildon.
2. Due to Baildon’s ambition, environment and available opportunity, there is a unique opportunity to lead the way in transforming the role that cycling and walking can play in tackling the challenges we face. This Baildon vision and its implementation will support and provide an environment that is suitable to learn, promote, welcome and enjoy cycling.
3. Cycling could become the transport mode of choice for Baildon residents who wish to shop, commute, travel to school, take their children to school, visit local facilities, and travel to and from the station.
4.A new cycle track at Sandal First School has been mooted, and an initial list of measures and infrastructure improvements outlined.
5. This will take a while to come to fruition.

Object

Representation ID: 6328

Received: 09/03/2021

Respondent: Paul Roberts

Overall I believe all new housing should be on Brownfield sites, and should not be on Greenfield sites or land that currently provides a local amenity facility which adds to the quality of life for local residents.
I appreciate land is needed for new homes, but locating them in Baildon, where public transport links are poor will only add to traffic issues on the network. I think you should focus new housing in areas where Brownfield land is readily available.

Object

Representation ID: 8422

Received: 19/04/2021

Respondent: Mr & Mrs Alan & Sally Rathbone

Number of people: 2

•Green Belt should be maintained for its intended purposed.
•Sites are a haven for wildlife and corridor for animals.
•All brownfield sites should be used first before Greenfield sites. Few sites in Baildon but there are sites in Shipley which would provide the same benefits. These are likely to be better distributed and situated for transport, amenities, schools.
•Public transport is poor. Development will increase number of cars. Traffic is already at high levels and difficult to access the village at peak time. Existing residents will suffer from the dangers, noise and pollution.
•Site rises steeply. Development will have dreadful impact on views of existing residents. Risk of sprawl and impact on openness. Also will be visible from Saltaire WHS.
•Development likely to increase risk of local flooding of existing houses on West Lane.

Object

Representation ID: 9713

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Rachael Clark

I object to sites on West Lane and Stubbings Road and all green belt sites in Baildon being used for housing.
Families use and enjoy the green belt.
These spaces have been important to the health & well being of families and residents of Baildon, also, to other persons that live close.
Continued over-development of the village, now a town.
Only one main road out of the town to Bradford.
Impact on daily commute to work & school.
Impact on schools- Sandal primary school oversubscribed.
West Lane sites provide water/ drainage from the moors,finding a natural course way.
Development needs to provide proper drainage.
Drainage issues with the Honey Pot lane development.
Climate change & the environmental impact the new houses.
We should care for the green belt and allow nature to thrive, for future generations.
People still want to live in Baildon, without hundreds more houses being built.

Object

Representation ID: 9887

Received: 16/03/2021

Respondent: John Helm

I wish to reflect on the changing face of Baildon, my desire to preserve it's future.

Baildon's heritage and aesthetic values are prime in this regard.

The green fields along West Lane have been eroded over recent years, it would be tragic if we lost more natural beauty for the sake of 46 houses, which are not needed.

Baildon's population has exploded recentley without improvements to infrastructure.

The roads are choked at peak times, the potential for another 200 vehicles, inevitable if the proposed schemes go ahead, would be intolerable.

Certain areas of Baildon are susceptible to flooding.

Similar proposals have been rejected in the past, and it seems every time that happens the avaricious planners, hell bent on getting what they want, simply re-apply.

Residents of Baildon deserve to be heard on this matter

There would be concerted outcry if this plan is not nipped in the bud.

Object

Representation ID: 11481

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Tracy Mosley

Concerned by the lack of protection to the green belt, ancient woodland (protected by TPO) and the use of land which has a history of flooding.

I would like to share my concerns regarding section 5.8.33. Here it is mentioned that the four Baildon primary schools are under capacity. By what extent? Detail is not provided. I would regard this as both an oversight and essential information considering the claimed major positive effect on the education SA objective for these proposed development areas.

Comment

Representation ID: 15445

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Highways England (Yorkshire & North East Team)

It is not considered that locating development within the
settlements within Baildon, on their own, will have a severe impact on the capacity, operation and safety of the SRN, and this will be identified through the transport evidence base being prepared by the Council / the individual assessment of the transport implications
of the sites by the sites’ promoters.
However, the quantum of sites forms part of a wider cumulative impact within Baildon and the rest of the development aspirations within the Plan could severely impact the SRN, and this cumulative impact will need to be established by the Council and considered by
Highways England.

Object

Representation ID: 16102

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: Rachel Fear

Building of houses within the Baildon area will exacerbate existing traffic problems for this area. All traffic heading towards Bradford has to funnel down to Baildon Bridge as this is the only river crossing and at peak times traffic can be queued back for well over a mile on Otley Road and Baildon Road trying to get through this bottle neck area. Baildon is at saturation point for housing, it’s amenities and infra structure are at or beyond limitations.

Object

Representation ID: 16272

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: Robbie Feather

Agent: ID Planning

Required Change
Whilst the Regional City should be the main focus for housing delivery in the absence of the 35% uplift being applied the quantum of housing should be reduced to a more realistic level (60%) and additional houses distributed to Principal Towns, Local Growth Centres and Local Service Centres such as Baildon where there are not the deliverability constraints and where the delivery of additional houses in these settlements is realistic. This approach will ensure the housing requirement and the plan is deliverable.

- Object to the 35% uplift being excluded as this would provide the preferred growth strategy for the urban areas whilst also ensure and maintain a balanced distribution of housing growth to meet identified needs in the wider district and sustainable settlements.

-Support the recognition that Green Belt release in sustainable locations will be required to meet the proposed distribution for Baildon, but it is maintained that as the distribution to Baildon should be increased, additional Green Belt sites will be required.

-The proposed distribution to Baildon should be increased, at the very least to the quantum set out in the Core Strategy of 350 dwellings, or arguably higher given the size of population/provide choice.

Object

Representation ID: 23675

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: John Wilson

-Inadequate Primary School Provision - Sandal School and other local schools are over-subscribed.
-Local Road Infrastructure- no scope for additional capacity to the local road network. Traffic levels along West Lane to the centre of Baildon, and on the B6151 to the main arterial road A6038 Otley Road, are extremely congested and frequently at a standstill during peak times. This will be made worse by additional housing development.
-Impact on traffic levels arising from development within Wharfedale.
-Impact on Saltaire Heritage Buffer Zone.
-Development will contribute towards continued flooding of the Aire valley.
-Localised flooding in roads surrounding the Sites.
- Concerns regarding type of house and lack of affordable housing to or serve local needs.
-Failure to take into account significant parcels of brownfield land in Baildon that are known will become available for development (Ian Clough site)
-There is simply no requirement or justification to open up the greenbelt land on BA2/H and BA6/H

Comment

Representation ID: 24904

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

There seems to be a slightly foggy definition of ‘Baildon’ involved here. It is appreciated that Metropolitan District Council boundaries do not align precisely with the Township/Parish boundaries, but some parts of ‘lower Baildon’ seem to have been removed from consideration for housing without clear rationale for doing so.

Object

Representation ID: 28556

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Baildon Town Council

1. The road infrastructure serving Baildon is totally inadequate for existing houses, let alone more. More details are provided in our submission document.

2. Baildon needs small business units to support its thriving small business sector, allowing local workplaces, and replacing large numbers of such units lost with the Baildon Mills Development.

3. Regarding sites - see site specific representations ..

4. Homes should be in keeping with the semi-rural location, meeting high environmental standards and with a good housing mix. Community infrastructure is vital and needs investment.

5. Infrequent bus and rail services plus topography drive residents to commuting by car, despite congestion. There is massive suppressed demand for rail travel and huge potential to shift travel onto trains and buses if the services were improved.

Object

Representation ID: 28564

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

• Firstly it is disappointing that none of the sites listed for Baildon are brownfield when I understood there was a “brownfield first” policy.
•I was surprised to see you are calling for new sites for gypsy and traveller pitches when there is a site in Esholt (in Baildon ward) which always tends to be less than half full.
•I fail to understand why a large part of Baildon has been put into Shipley for the purposes of this Local Plan and why all the land below Otley Road, Baildon has been allocated for employment when this potentially could be used for housing instead of using green belt sites in Baildon. This area (which you have labelled “lower Baildon”) has established housing (e.g. Airedale Place, Briar Rhydding) so additional housing wouldn’t be out of place here.
•The housing target for Baildon is set at 250 units, less 81 which have already been granted planning permission which brings the total number to 169 and yet the identified allocations in this plan total 217. I appreciate this is not an exact figure but given what has happened in the past few years there will likely continue to be smaller infill sites put forward for one or two properties plus we have the uncertainty over the future of the Ian Clough Hall site which could potentially provide 60/70 residential flats. It therefore seems over cautious to include 217 allocations for Baildon.
•We also have the issue of Baildon being considered for “low density” housing (30-40 dwellings per hectare) when your figures on housing types show that Baildon currently has an above average number of detached and semi-detached homes and only 15.7% of our housing is terraced, compared to a West Yorkshire average of 30.7%. This means first time buyers and young families have very limited options to live in Baildon so surely this plan should seek to address this. I was also informed by a Bradford Council Planning Officer that “national policy requirements highlight the importance of making the best use of land and the housing need in the district means that decisions on planning applications are made on the principle of avoiding homes being developed at low densities.” Therefore if we looked at “medium density” (41-50 dwellings per hectare) this would again relieve pressure on the green belt plus also supporting the Council’s desire for “affordable housing”.

Comment

Representation ID: 28581

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Baildon Town Council

 COMMUNITY: Simply building more houses does not address fundamental issues and great thought must be given into the idea of building Communities NOT just houses. This means that prior to the building houses investment in infrastructure, community facilities, doctors’ surgeries and schools must be made – NOT after building houses. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past with soulless estates and no community facilities. Facilities such as local shops (being used more and more since the pandemic), community halls and play areas must be factored in appropriately. To help create a sense of community, which would be advantageous to people’s health and wellbeing Investment must be made in community facilities such as a community hall/coffee shops, playgrounds etc. This is particularly so along West Lane which is over a mile from the centre of Baildon, and Cliffe Lane West, and would reduce the need for people to use cars to shop for ad-hoc and small item such as bread and milk