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

Comment

Representation ID: 9815

Received: 12/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Labour)

EN1 for me this is the most important area of the plan, to take us into a healthy future. Links to bring the countryside into the towns and opening access to the river systems and canal to provide ready routes of access. Many opportunities are currently wasted with the Worth, Aire and North Beck in my area.

Comment

Representation ID: 9816

Received: 12/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Labour)

EN 4 Historic environment. Using heritage as part of regeneration programmes has been rather a disappointment in my area the main North St is a shabby mess. Low mill is another site allowed to descend into ruin. It seems to me we lack a strategy to identify sites and examine how they might be restored to worthwhile effect. The mills along the rivers would be another example. How about stabilising the ruins and creating proper heritage trails?

Comment

Representation ID: 9817

Received: 12/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Labour)

EN 5 This particularly strikes home in may ward where a developer has put up floodlights in an open area of Greenbelt.

Comment

Representation ID: 9818

Received: 12/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Labour)

EN 6 Not sure what supporting disabled access means. Is this promotional or merely passive? Much of the agriculture is becoming unsustainable, how about identifying sites for rewilding or as nature reserves? Perhaps to facilitate educational opportunities.

Comment

Representation ID: 9819

Received: 12/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Labour)

EN 10 We have seen a disappointing lack of encouragement on this up to now.

Comment

Representation ID: 9820

Received: 12/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Labour)

EN 21 Waste management within development and resulting disposal of material is a key concern. I don’t know whether that can be addressed through the Local Plan?

Object

Representation ID: 9821

Received: 12/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Labour)

CO 1 I have been concerned that some areas of Bradford are overpromoted e.g. Ilkley Moor where there are many others that should be promoted and developed. Baildon moor would be an example. We also need to develop areas for off-road use by bicycles, motor bikes and potentially quad bikes. This would help prevent improper and damaging use elsewhere. Also, my ward – Keighley West - has inadequate park/recreational areas, which are simply not provided by developers.

Object

Representation ID: 9822

Received: 12/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Labour)

I appreciate that this looks a very choice plot of land. The first aspect is the drainage issues, which plague this area. Our experiences with recent developments are that the flow of any surface water within the site will be disrupted. The impact of the Persimmon development in Occupation Lane gives residents no confidence that these will be adequately addressed and those on this site are likely to be more substantial. If the surface water is to be contained within the site, which it needs to be a clear demonstration of how this will be achieved needs to be provided before planning permission is given. Secondly, failure to achieve this will increase the flow into the rivers Worth and Aire enhancing the problems of areas that are already flood-prone (both locally and downstream).

Comment

Representation ID: 9823

Received: 12/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Labour)

In regards, to local services the Guardhouse/Braithwaite area is particularly poorly served, currently having no meeting place, no doctors surgery, no parklands. So, with the planned housing developments stipulation of investment in leisure would be most welcome.

Object

Representation ID: 17154

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Labour)

Royds Ward is already highly urbanised with overstretched infrastructure. The cumulative impact of the housing sites proposed in the draft Local Plan will worsen an already inequitable position.

In particular, the major sites suggested remove significant countryside and open spaces from the southern borders of the ward and the communities that live there. This also further distances accessible countryside from all residents in an already highly built-up area. The local infrstructure is not capable of sustaining these developments.

I have detailed concerns regarding the inclusion of the following sites: SW14/H; SW26/H; SW30/H; SW32/H; SW34/H