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

Object

Representation ID: 19800

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Green)

Number of people: 2

- loss a values area of greenspace
- The site is relatively open and offers valuable views from several vantage points for local residents
- contravenes Public Health England (PHE) in their 2020 document ‘Improving Access to Greenspace’
- contravenes part of Outcome 4 of Bradford’s Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2018-2023
- the council itself has stated that Shipley has a deficit of Amenity Greenspace
- the site fails to account properly for the significant adverse environmental impacts of this housing proposal on the local road network
- for the reasons stated above, we ask that Bradford Council’s Local Plan designates this area as Local Green Space, as laid out in paragraphs 99 and 100 of the NPPF.
- for the reasons stated above, we also ask that Bradford Council formally endorses this area of land as an ‘asset of community value’

Object

Representation ID: 19801

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Green)

Number of people: 2

- loss of a valued area of open land / green belt which offers beautiful views in / out of the site
- contravenes Public Health England (PHE) in their 2020 document ‘Improving Access to Greenspace’
- contravenes part of Outcome 4 of Bradford’s Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2018-2023
- no exceptional circumstances to change green belt boundary - requires prioritising brownfield sites and also discussions should take place or be shown to the community to have taken place with neighbouring authorities about whether they could accommodate some of the identified need for development;
- merger of settlements - Shipley / Bingley / Cottingley
- loss of trees and wildlife habitats - contravenes various strategies and policy documents ;
- impact on water quality - acknowledged in LP;
- will exacerbate flood risk;
- impact on local road network / traffic /. noise / air pollution
- impact on services and infrastructure, schools over subscribed
- the site is highly unlikely to make a sufficient contribution to meeting social housing need in our area

Object

Representation ID: 19802

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Green)

Number of people: 2

- loss of a valued area of open land / green belt, loss of beautiful views in / out of the site / impact on public rights of way
- loss of open landscape buffer between Shipley and Cottingley and contravenes several documents / strategic - Public Health England (PHE) etc.
- no exceptional circumstances to change green belt boundary - requires prioritising brownfield sites and also discussions should take place or be shown to the community to have taken place with neighbouring authorities about whether they could accommodate some of the identified need for development;
- loss of trees and wildlife habitats - contravenes various strategies and policy documents ;
- will exacerbate flood risk;
- impact on local road network / traffic /. noise / air pollution
- impact on services and infrastructure, schools over subscribed
- the site is highly unlikely to make a sufficient contribution to meeting social housing need in our area

Object

Representation ID: 19803

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Green)

Number of people: 2

- loss of a valued area of open land / green belt, loss of beautiful views in / out of the site / impact on public rights of way
- loss of open landscape buffer between Shipley and Cottingley and contravenes several documents / strategic - Public Health England (PHE) etc.
- no exceptional circumstances to change green belt boundary - requires prioritising brownfield sites and also discussions should take place or be shown to the community to have taken place with neighbouring authorities about whether they could accommodate some of the identified need for development;
- loss of trees and wildlife habitats - contravenes various strategies and policy documents ;
- will exacerbate flood risk;
- impact on local road network / traffic /. noise / air pollution
- impact on services and infrastructure, schools over subscribed
- the site is highly unlikely to make a sufficient contribution to meeting social housing need in our area

Object

Representation ID: 19804

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Green)

Number of people: 2

A number of suggestions for detailed wording changes and wording additions are made focusing on:

- Putting the achievement of net zero carbon by 2030 at the heart of the Local Plan
- greater emphasis on tackling spatial inequalities across the district particularly in health and well being (additions to part B4 of the policy);
- ensuring that the impact on the environment of any proposed new developments is taken into account more fully (additions / alterations are proposed to part B5 of the policy relating to site selection principles)
- accessibility of sites by non car modes of travel

Object

Representation ID: 19805

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Green)

Number of people: 2

We fundamentally disagree with the wording of SP2 B4 (“Optimise the opportunities provided by the close proximity of Leeds Bradford International Airport as an international business gateway for the District and the region and build upon sectoral expertise, worldwide connectivity and tourism.”).

Aviation expansion is simply incompatible with our region’s transition to a net-zero carbon future. This section of the Local Plan should therefore make it clear that the expansion of LBA will not be permitted and, indeed, that flights via this airport will be gradually reduced in line with the requirements of national legislation and related international climate agreements.

Object

Representation ID: 19806

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Green)

Number of people: 2

We recommend that this section emphasises the need to plan for, and deliver, local food growing.

We recommend that SP3 B3 is re-worded as follows: create new and improve existing open space, green areas, networks and corridors including the urban fringe to enhance biodiversity, food growing and recreation.

Object

Representation ID: 19807

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Green)

Number of people: 2

We do not accept that the proposed release of tracts of Green Belt in the draft local plan is consistent with the NPPF. Nor do we accept that development on Green Belt and Greenfield land will lead to the necessary biodiversity net gain referenced in Policy EN2: Biodiversity.

Bradford Council has NOT justified the exceptional circumstances for building on the Green Belt on the edge of Shipley. There is under-utilised land nearer Shipley Town Centre that could and should be used for development, and higher housing densities should also be incorporated into the brownfield site allocations in line, for example, with those being achieved elsewhere in places like London.

Object

Representation ID: 19808

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Green)

Number of people: 2

The policy makes repeated references to growth with only a passing reference to “a move towards a greener economy”.

In our view, this will derail Bradford’s stated commitments to making the transition to both a net-zero carbon economy and a circular economy.

Instead, our Local Plan should focus on supporting the move away from carbon-intensive jobs and sectors to low carbon sectors. The policy should therefore be re-worded to say: Bradford aims to be at the forefront of the UK's net-zero carbon economy, as part of our drive to build circular economy principles and practice into our development strategies and to support the social well-being of the people of Bradford.

This section should also include a policy on how Bradford will use its own economic resources and assets to support the development of a low carbon economy - such as building socially-rented houses to Passivhaus standards and supporting retrofitting to improve the energy efficiency of our current housing stock.

Object

Representation ID: 19809

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford District Ward Councillor (Green)

Number of people: 2

Welcome many of the approaches outlined in SP7, but the wording should be strengthened in support of low carbon travel.

Reference to the Bradford Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan and the Bradford Cycling Strategy should be made.

Actions and targets we are seeking to reach should be included:
● providing secure facilities for bike storage;
● providing a comprehensive network of cycle-friendly streets;
● providing multi-use paths and cycle routes in both urban and rural areas which are well lit and well maintained so that all sections of society can use them;
● ensuring all new housing developments and individual properties include areas for secure bike storage;
● providing direct, well-maintained, and well-lit walking routes, including to and from schools;
● providing quality footways in towns and cities and Quiet Lanes in rural areas;
● slowing down traffic with 20mph zones and Home Zones;
● improving walking-related infrastructure;
● prioritising pedestrians at well-used road crossing points;
● designing infrastructure to meet the needs of different groups including older people, disabled people, and children