Bradford councillors' ‘no’ to revised Allerton homes bid (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Bradford councillors' ‘no’ to revised Allerton homes bid
7:00am Wednesday 19th September 2012 in News
Overjoyed campaigners are celebrating after councillors scuppered a re-worked plan to cover a greenfield site in 292 homes.
Hallam Land Management hoped to head-off a planning inquiry into its scheme for Pitty Beck, near Allerton Lane, Bradford, by putting forward fresh proposals for the site including road improvements and affordable housing.
The original plan is due to go to an inquiry in November.
But Bradford councillors found there were still three major grounds to refuse the new application: an offer of five instead of 15 per cent affordable housing, a contribution of only £237,833 instead of the desired £1,192,517 towards improving schools, and no offer of Metro assistance to any residents.
Councillor Doreen Lee (Lab, Keighley East) told yesterday’s regulatory and appeals committee: “This is a greenfield site and there is not employment value to Bradford. I’m not happy with it.”
Councillor Imran Khan (Lab, Bowling and Barkerend ) agreed: “I’m not happy with this either. The amounts being offered are not sufficient due to the stresses it will put on the area.”
Chairman David Warburton (Lab, Wyke ) said he was concerned with the gap between the amount requested for education and what Hallam was prepared to provide.
The developers had hoped to convince councillors to vote in favour by submitting a separate proposal to improve a notorious stretch of Allerton Lane by widening it and footpath improvements.
They did vote to approve the better road but not the development.
David Hemsley, chairman of Friends of Pitty Beck, an action group against the plan, said: “I’m delighted because this decision means the original application is now still going on to appeal as before. Then it will be up to the Government inspector to finish things off.”
Comments(10)
vax2002
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8:17am Wed 19 Sep 12
Where are all these people going to live ?
Or has nobody thought of that ?
Thee Voice of Reason
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8:30am Wed 19 Sep 12
vax2002 wrote:If there are no jobs how will building more houses increasing the population of Bradford help that.
All well and good, but immigration has doubled under the coalition government.
Where are all these people going to live ?
Or has nobody thought of that ?
To quote you, haven't people thought of that?
vax2002
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9:31am Wed 19 Sep 12
Thee Voice of Reason wrote:They are plenty of jobs, for those willing to work twice as many hours on half the pay.
vax2002 wrote:If there are no jobs how will building more houses increasing the population of Bradford help that.
All well and good, but immigration has doubled under the coalition government.
Where are all these people going to live ?
Or has nobody thought of that ?
To quote you, haven't people thought of that?
Which takes us back round to immigration.
They are very few problems that this country has that can not be boiled down to immigration.
It is not the fault of immigrants, but the politicians who make the policies.
Mike Strutter
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12:05pm Wed 19 Sep 12
So in other words if they pay enough then it has a good chance of getting approved !!
jozieme
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12:22pm Wed 19 Sep 12
roying this for homes that won't be lived in!!Who can afford houses of the nature that Hallam were proposingi £150,000 to £250,000 2 roads from the estate going into Cote lane.... and Allerton Lane itself having to be widened to accomodate what the highways agency said could be up to 1500 cars an hour I just hope the original proposal yet to be presented takes everyone's fears into account.
tinyd1
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12:45pm Wed 19 Sep 12
Apollo
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2:17pm Wed 19 Sep 12
It is not ironic that all the houses at the top of Allerton have signs up saying 'no more homes'?
How on earth do those living there imagine the houses they are living in got built.
Allerton will go the same way as Thornton and Queensbury with almost no Green Belt left as soon as the Council screws enough bunce out of the developer.
Shipleyvegas
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4:05pm Wed 19 Sep 12
birday
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9:52pm Thu 20 Sep 12
Shipleyvegas wrote:The old Seabrook Crisp factory and Woolcomber sites are ideal brown sites for new homes!
There are enough brownfield sites - develop those first!
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Leave our farm land alone - we need it to grow food!
flashdonut says...
8:16am Wed 19 Sep 12