Sustainability Appraisal & Strategic Environmental Assessment - Appendix F - South Bradford Urban Area

Object

Representation ID: 18408

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: The Emerson Group

Agent: Johnson Mowat

The site has been assessed against the Council’s 17 sustainability appraisal objectives. The Sustainability Appraisal ‘status’ of SE/126 refers to the site as ‘Alternative.’ It is not clear what the meaning of ‘alternative’ is in this context. Given that the Draft Local Plan falls significantly short of meeting the identified housing requirement, due to the lack of inclusion of a 35% uplift, The Local Plan needs to identify a significant amount of additional sites. Site SE/126 is a suitable ‘alternative’ site that should be identified and included as an allocation.

The scoring of SE/126 against the SA objectives includes the majority of positive scores, including major positive effects against the social cohesion, health, and education objectives. In particular the site scores positively against the socio-economic themed objectives and the location of the site in relation to transport links, educational facilities and employment areas. This is reflective of the accessibility of the site to numerous services and facilities, as well as the proximity of the site to a bus priority corridor (A641).

Object

Representation ID: 28172

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Hallam Land Management

Agent: Johnson Mowat

We disagree with the major adverse effect against the Water Resources objective (Objective 5) for Site SE47/H.

The site is scored negatively due to the ‘presence of a waterbody’, which is the watercourse that traverses the site. This should not result in an adverse rating. The existing watercourse has been incorporated into the Masterplan, as part of the green infrastructure strategy, that provides a habitat rich environment. This should be seen as a positive effect or neutral.

Object

Representation ID: 28173

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Hallam Land Management

Agent: Johnson Mowat

We agree with the major positive scores awarded to the Housing, Accessible Services, Social Cohesion, Education, Employment and Economy objectives for the SUE (Objectives 11, 12, 13, 17, 18 and 19). However, we there is an error in the scoring of the individual site scores against the Education Objective for sites SE46/H, SE47/H and SE48/H which all incorrectly state that the nearest secondary school is Tong Leadership Academy, when in fact the nearest Secondary School is Tong High School, located to the immediate west of Holme Wood South as indicated on the Opportunities and Constraints Plan at Appendix 1. These scores need revisiting.