PLANS to create a new access road to a rural site have been refused, with planners saying they would lead to the “urbanisation of the Green belt.”
The application, to create a new access road from Apperley Lane, between Apperley Bridge and Rawdon, to agricultural land off the busy road, were refused by Bradford Council earlier this month.
Submitted by a Mr Beamish, the application would allow traffic to the site to avoid using the existing access on Crow Tree, shared with a number of houses, and create a new entrance to the site.
The application said: “The new access and road has been designed to ensure the safe passing of vehicles, and to serve the operational needs of the land to continue its current agricultural use.”
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But while planning officers acknowledged the issues with the current access route, they did not support plans for the new road to the site.
Refusing the application they said: “The proposed road would result in continuous hard surfacing raised by at least 6m above the open Greenbelt for a considerable length and result in the urbanisation of the Greenbelt.”
They added: “The proposed new access will result in slow moving heavy vehicles entering and exiting the site onto a fast moving road the A658. This will create conditions that are prejudicial to highway safety."
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