Draft Bradford District Local Plan - Call for Sites (Feb 2021)
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Windhill Shipley
Former railway Shipley To Thackley
Land is a former railway line, and a former quarry. There are trees, though none are thought to be of particular value, the majority species are non-native Sycamore.
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This is a substantial site. Access for heavy vehicles during construction phase will be through Walker Place. Later residential access will be from Thackley Old Road. We would wish to discuss the mix of units with BDMC prior to getting a Masterplan created, but we see in excess of 1000 units ranging from 1 bed flats to detatched family homes, and provision to accomodate multi-generational families will be made. The density will be around 100 units per Ha. All units will be either Affordable Homes, Self Build/Custom homes , or Specialist Housing. Those plots not delegated to the Self-Build sector will be designed to Passivhaus energy efficiency standard. Because of the proximity to the station and local buses, and the type of customer we have in mind, there will be a smaller than normal car parking requirement, which would be supplemented by a communal car club. All units will of course meet or exceed National Planning sizes, and will be for rent, not for sale. Site preparation will involve excavation of the cliff slope. The material removed will be crushed on site and used to make concrete for the project. It is envisage that the site will not export any of the excavated material, so will have minimal transport impact on the locality during construction.
It is envisaged that the site will operate an "off-grid" approach to water and sewerage, with on site waste treatment, and rainwater management.
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2.068Ha
Former Railway Line at Thackley
Former railway Shipley To Thackley
The railway was engineered in the 1860's. The western part of the site is an embankment, carrying the railway across the prevailing slope of the land. The eastern part is in a rock cutting typically about 10m deep, increasing towards Thackley Corner to a depth of 15m. The site was lined on either side of the track bed with trees, principally non-native Sycamore. These trees were managed by British Rail with coppicing every 20 years. They were last coppiced around 1970. There are no other ecological features of importance. The eastern end of the site is quite inaccessible to the public, though suffers some fly tipping, while a path used by dog-walkers in particular has been made along the western part of the site. Fencing and walling which enclosed the site along Crag Hill Road has been looted, leaving the site open to fly-tipping, so urban blight is sadly now a feature of the site.at Crag Hill Road..
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The proposed development will be a purpose dessigned retirement community, with purpose designed apartments for the self-sufficient, and progressive provision for greater care on the site, increasing to full nursing care provided in buildings at the western end of the site. Depending on the density a visually acceptable design would achieve we estimate 120 apartments at the eastern end of the site would be possible plus a care capacity of 100 and a nursing capacity of 75. The proposed design would also include an area of car parking to benefit some of the residents of Crag Hill Road at night when not required for visitors. The local shops and services at Thackley would be very handy for the new residents,
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Agreement will be necessary from Network Rail regarding use of their structures to facilitate passage along the site through the tunnel / bridges in their ownership.
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