As Bradford Council reveals it believes there will be room for more than 4,000 new houses in North East Bradford by 2028, concerns have been raised about whether they will be built for the residents who need them the most.

Councillors in the Eccleshill, and Idle and Thackley wards, have said housing suitable for older people is needed, rather than what ward Councillor Jeannette Sunderland described as “homes for homeless executives”.

As part of the Council’s draft Local Development Framework, which has gone out to public consultation, an assessment of potential housing sites in the area identifies 64 sites on which an estimated total of 4,442 homes could be built.

Of those 64 areas, 31 are classed as greenfield sites, 28 are a mix of greenfield and brownfield, and only five are solely brownfield.

Concerns have been raised about the potential for green belt land to be swallowed up by developments.

Areas identified include rolling farmland in Lower Fagley Lane, Fagley, which could accommodate 208.5 houses and land in Mitchell Lane, Thackley.

According to the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment, Bradford North East has the most urban character of all the settlements in the district and retains a “substantial capacity for new homes from undeveloped, allocated sites together with further redevelopment opportunities”.

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