Draft Bradford District Local Plan - Preferred Options (Regulation 18) February 2021

Object

Representation ID: 18405

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: The Emerson Group

Agent: Johnson Mowat

Housing Need and Distribution - Bradford SE

Johnson Mowat object to the Council’s approach to rejecting the Government’s 35% uplift and consider it is fundamentally incorrect to do so.

The 35% uplift to the housing requirement should apply to Bradford South East (including Wyke). It is considered therefore that the Local Plan should identify additional sites in and on the edge of the urban area to accommodate the housing requirement uplift. Site SE/126 would contribute towards the housing need in Wyke and the South East sub area.

Object

Representation ID: 18406

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: The Emerson Group

Agent: Johnson Mowat

On behalf of our client we object to the rejection of site SE/126 in the Draft Local Plan.

The Draft Local Plan needs to identify additional sites in order to plan for and meet the housing requirement of 2,300 dwellings per annum in the District.

Site SE/126 has been rejected on the grounds of impact on an Ancient woodland; landscape impact; and due to access over a railway tunnel. It is not considered that any of these reasons either individually or in combination justify the rejection of this site.

There does not appear to be an individual Green Belt assessment of Site SE/126 as there are for other Green Belt sites either included or rejected in the Preferred Options Local Plan. However a assessment of the strategic parcel has been carried out. Given the assessment of the wider Parcel 101 results in a combination of low and moderate impact, there is justifiable reason to suggest that the smaller site SE/126 will also score an equally or lesser impact against Green Belt purposes.

The site has no ownership or viability constraints and is deliverable.

There are no environmental constraints associated with the site, and the development of this site would fit with the current urban structure of Wyke and the wider South East Bradford sub area.

The site constitutes a logical extension to the well-served and well-located south western edge of Wyke, abutting the existing settlement edge.

Object

Representation ID: 30062

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: The Emerson Group

Agent: Johnson Mowat

Housing Distribution - Regional City / Bradford SE

As a starting point, it is suggested that the same proportional distribution as the adopted Core Strategy be maintained and this be applied to the Local Housing Need figure (excluding the 35% uplift), then the uplift figure be added and distributed across the Regional City areas, including the particular focus on the City Centre as planned.

A figure of 5,212 is advocated for Bradford SE.