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

Support

Representation ID: 5632

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

Although this is Green Belt land, development would connect well with the recent adjoining development. Again, a relatively small number of houses on the site will have a minimal impact on infrastructure.

As you state below: Development considerations that I would want to be fully informed on and involved with to ensure we protect wildlife within the area and indeed strengthen it's position.

• Provision of compensatory improvements to the surrounding Green Belt will be required and may include enhancement of the existing environmental assets (Local Wildlife Network, Green Infrastructure Corridor) adjacent to the site.
• An ecological survey will be required to establish the ecological status of the site prior to development.
• Sensitive design and layout will be required to ensure the TPO trees are protected appropriately.

Object

Representation ID: 5635

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

This development would be out of keeping with the immediate surrounding area, would adversely affect the Green Belt and this number of houses would have a major impact on the already dangerous Jackson Hill Lane.

Support

Representation ID: 5636

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

This site is on Green Belt land and the existing line of trees parallel to Station Road should be maintained and/or Improved. There is a relatively small number of houses proposed and with a sensitive design any impact to the area as an extension to Sharket Head Close should be relatively minimal.

Object

Representation ID: 5637

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

This development is too large for the Green Belt area and Fleet Lane would be overwhelmed by this development.
Fleet Lane is already under extreme strain through parking and anti-social driving. It would be overwhelmed by this development and there is little opportunity to improve the road to ease the ongoing issues. It is also heavily used by vehicles and pedestrians from two schools, Foxhill Primary School at one end and Shibden Head Primary Academy at the other. The road is narrow at the Foxhill end and is heavily congested with parked cars from the junction with Foxhill Grove to the junction with the A647.
The impact of this number of houses on local services and amenities would be significantly detrimental.

Object

Representation ID: 5644

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

This is a Green Belt site and although the number of houses is small, the impact on the valley below would be significant.
Long Lane is narrow for its entirety, particularly travelling towards Hazel Hurst Road and there are already calls for it to be made one-way. The road is congested by parked cars going towards the junction with Deanstones Lane and there’s a large Secondary Academy, multiple sports pitches and small industrial/office development within meters of this Junction. This area has seen recent development without supporting highway improvements on Long Lane and the road is already overwhelmed

Object

Representation ID: 5645

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

This is a Green Belt site and although the number of houses is small, the impact on the valley below would be significant.
Long Lane is narrow for its entirety, particularly travelling towards Hazel Hurst Road and there are already calls for it to be made one-way. The road is congested by parked cars going towards the junction with Deanstones Lane and there’s a large Secondary Academy, multiple sports pitches and small industrial/office development within meters of this Junction. This area has seen recent development without supporting highway improvements on Long Lane and the road is already overwhelmed.

Object

Representation ID: 5658

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

Whilst it is appreciated that some development must take place, the locations the proposed developments and the excessive use of Green Belt land make the preferred allocations impossible to support. Some of these sites individually are perfectly reasonable but when taking into account how compact they are as a whole the impacts on highways alone, particularly the A644, is enough to warrant an objection. Not only will they cause serious congestion, which itself will have a significant environmental and health impact, there is a lack of safety measures on the A644 to get residents safely onto the High Street.
Queensbury has seen a significant number of houses built since the late 1980's with the then new Naseby Rise Development at Scarlet Heights and progressing to numerous other quite large development sites. During the associated time period there has been with very little infrastructure to support the housing / population growth.

Object

Representation ID: 5669

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

Speaking specifically about Clayton Heights (SW6/H, SW9/H, SW10/H and SW36/HC) the excessive use of Green Belt Land makes the preferred allocations impossible to support.
Within Clayton Heights there is just one primary school (Stocks Lane) which has recently expanded and is already close to/at capacity. The other relatively close-by Primary School is Home Farm which is also at capacity. 95 new homes in this area has the potential to very quickly overwhelm the local education provision.
There is one GP practice close to Clayton Heights (Horton Bank) which already services a large number of patients and great care must be taken to ensure that the local health provision is not overwhelmed.

Object

Representation ID: 5672

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

This site is on Green Belt land and the development would have a significant impact on the area.
The access road is unsuitable and normally congested by parked cars. This size of development would very quickly cause problems that are unsolvable.

Object

Representation ID: 5674

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Conservative)

Although this is Green Belt land, supporting such a small number of houses would normally be quite reasonable. The issue with this development is that the immediate area is a local beauty attraction and these houses stand alone in the middle of that.
Access to this site is dependent on the agreement of the developer at an adjoining site. There are no guarantees that the adjoining development will be delivered nor that access will be granted to this site via that development.