Supporting Documents of the Draft Bradford District Local Plan - Preferred Options (Feb 2021)

Object

Representation ID: 28514

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Chartford Homes

Agent: Barton Wilmore

Of concern is the Council’s Sustainability Appraisal , which has been prepared by Arcadis, which undertakes an assessment of all sites which have been put forward through the SHLAA process whether they are proposed allocations or rejected sites. However, no assessment of our Clients site in Nab Wood (SH/044) has been undertaken and as such, the Council have not fully assessed all potential alternatives.

Object

Representation ID: 30249

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Chartford Homes

Agent: Barton Wilmore

Objection to the failure to allocate sites SH/044 and SH/048 for housing development.

It is requested that the Council consider sites SH/044 and SH/048 as one combined site for the purposes of the emerging plan.

It is considered that this combined site represents a logical rounding off of the settlement given its location between an existing school and residential development, would not lead to encroachment into the countryside, urban sprawl or the coalescence of settlements. As such, the land no longer serves a Green Belt purpose and should no longer be protected.

The site represents a far more logical housing site than site SH4/H, which does not relate as well to the settlement and would lead to encroachment into the countryside. Furthermore, the topography of the site is prohibitive with significant access issues.

The combined site SH/044 and SH/048 is not considered to be constrained and matters such as ecological impacts could be mitigated through future design proposals and the site represents a suitable and logical housing allocation.

The site is suitable, available and achievable and also includes previously developed land and is being promoted by a well respected local housebuilder and Bradford Council.

It is noted in the Council’s ‘Site Assessment and Rejected Background Paper’ that site SH/044 has been rejected on a single basis – access. This is incorrect as the Council have previously considered a pre-application enquiry (14/04390/PMJ) for this site for a development of 67 units. The Council’s highways officer stated, “it is considered that the proposal is generally acceptable and it is not anticipated that there will be any major highway issues arising from your proposals”. The indicative layout demonstrates that a suitable access can be achieved to serve SH/044 if it is brought forward in isolation and the Council have incorrectly dismissed the site.

Object

Representation ID: 30350

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Chartford Homes

Agent: Barton Wilmore

AD/005 should be included in the Plan, it is in the control of Chartford Homes, is suitable and deliverable and can deliver approximately 50-80 homes. These representations demonstrate the following,
- The need for significantly more homes in the plan;
- The need for more homes to be allocated in Addingham;
- The unsuitability of the proposed sites;
- The suitability of Our Clients site.
Addngham is tightly bounded by the Green Belt or designated Local Space, resulting in limited
opportunities for new housing to be developed.

The Council will need to allocate more homes, Addingham should receive a proportion of these and
this site is a suitable location for them. Should the Council not consider more homes are needed, it
is clear that at least one of AD3 or AD4 should be deleted in line with the evidence and as such a further site for 40 homes needed, which Our Clients site can provide.
However it is considered that once a methodology is published to be able to assess the sites our Clients site will be shown as more suitable and preferable and it should replace sites for approximately 80 homes