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

Support

Representation ID: 25417

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Snell Developments Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group (Leeds)

- support Policy SP3 which identifies Addingham as a Local Service Centre

- Addingham is a sustainable settlement for levels of housing growth commensurate with the scale of the village. This type of growth is essential to ensure local service centres remain vibrant.

Comment

Representation ID: 25419

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Snell Developments Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group (Leeds)

generally supportive of the prescribed hierarchy for the location of development, however it must also strike a sensible balanced against deliverability, sustainability and viability to ensure plan-making applies the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

Support

Representation ID: 25420

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Snell Developments Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group (Leeds)

support policy in regards to meeting the local housing need in a sustainable way which would be least damaging to the purposes and integrity of the Green Belt.

Object

Representation ID: 25503

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Snell Developments Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group (Leeds)

Housing Need and Requirement

- concern over level of growth and not meeting full need including the 35% uplift int he latest Standard Method
- the plan should consider all options for meeting this need- including in other ways to deliver the uplift outside of the defined Bradford Urban Area
-it is logical that the 35% uplift is applied to the entire
local planning authority area.
-This could include a range of solutions such as new allocations and increased levels of delivery from the preferred allocations, providing any additional development can be accommodated in a sustainable manner.
- Bradford is one of only 20 areas in which the urban uplift applies, therefore, it is considered the Council should be taking opportunities to secure increased housing development and contribute towards tackling the national housing crisis

Object

Representation ID: 25504

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Snell Developments Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group (Leeds)

- the Council should consider other options to meet the 35% urban uplift.
- the wording of Policy HO1 does not emphasise the fact that the proposed housing requirement is the minimum housing need. the Plan must demonstrate that housing need is being met as a minimum not a limit.
- There is no requirement within the NPPF to manage or phase the release of sites to deliver housing growth. Phasing the release of sites would unduly constrain sustainable developments.
- Given lack of 5 year land supply it is considered unjustified to artificially constrain allocations from coming forward.

Support

Representation ID: 25505

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Snell Developments Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group (Leeds)

broadly supportive of Policy HO2 and the flexibility it provides for developers, in particular, the ability to deliver the most dwellings possible, while achieving high-quality design.

Support

Representation ID: 25506

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Snell Developments Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group (Leeds)

supportive of the Addingham Local Area Strategy and Plan. In particular, support Site AD6/H as a preferred allocation and its release from the Green Belt.
- The site is bounded by residential development to the eastern and southern boundaries and abuts the A65 to the west; the site therefore forms a logical extension to Addingham.

Support

Representation ID: 25508

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Snell Developments Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group (Leeds)

-Support for Site AD6/H.
-Site is bounded by existing housing development to the east and the A65 to the west.
-Recent development extends the physical extent of the village as far west as the A65. The presence of this extension to the village presents a distinct opportunity to ‘round off’ the settlement in a sustainable, consistent and sensitive manner by infilling to the A65.
-The built context the site is considered to be well contained and screened.
-NPPF (Para 68) -The site would provide a modest amount of growth of approximately 30 no. dwellings, commensurate with the ‘smaller scale of housing development’ supported by the Framework and required for the settlement.
- Moor Lane has been improved through the recent development and includes street-lighting, utilities and is moving towards adoption. The site can utilise existing connections (via private car, cycles and pedestrians) to the highway network . The above criteria should be amended to reflect this.
-The recent development of the site located south of Moor Lane also saw the provision of infrastructure (utilities, drainage, telecoms etc), which the development can connect to.
-The site sees no significant constraints and is not subject to any local or national conservation designations, nor is it a designated area of green space.
-The site is not at risk of flood
-The site does not fall within the Addingham Conservation Area, nor is it within its setting.
-The site is deliverable, a which will assist in delivering 5-year housing land supply.
- The site is currently Green Belt, however the site does not significantly damage the purposes and integrity of the Green Belt. Given the particular characteristics of the site which includes containment by physical boundaries the potential for sprawling form into open countryside is considered to be low. The urban edge setting, the enclosure of the A65, the peripheral tree belt and the adjacent built form all contribute to the site being visually contained. Development would not be perceived as being isolated or poorly connected with the existing village boundaries and would effectively ‘round off’ the settlement.
-Site is identified for 24 dwellings. However, based on recent designs it is considered the site can accommodate approximately 30 units whilst integrating high-quality design

Comment

Representation ID: 30106

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Snell Developments Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group (Leeds)

Housing Distribution - Addingham

- generally supportive of the distribution of housing growth

-Policy SP8 identifies Addingham for 175 no. dwellings over the plan period. Table A, provided identifies the provision of 181 no. dwellings within Addingham through the preferred allocations. Accordingly, Policy SP8 should be amended to reflect this

- the policy should not use 181 no. dwellings as a ceiling, and more of an approximate figure to allow for increased provision of housing where sites are able to accommodate these additional units in a sustainable manner