270 homes on land at Bradley Villa Farm, Bradley Road, Bradley

Planning application 2021/62/92086/W

270 homes on land at Bradley Villa Farm, Bradley Road, Bradley, Huddersfield, HD2 2JX

Granted on August 24, 2023

Huddersfield Civic Society notes that this application is for full planning permission by Redrow homes for 270 houses on part of site HS11 which is allocated for a total of 1,460 houses. We ask that permission is refused on numerous grounds including:

The absence of any masterplan as to how the many requirements of a new community for the area to be covered by HS11 will be met, given this delivers 20% of the proposed overall housing,

That it does not deliver any of the requirements for site HS11, such as a 2-form entry primary school or a district centre,

That the proposed houses, such as The Shaftesbury, offer nothing at all of local distinctiveness or quality, as indicated as being essential requirements for a development in documents such as Kirklees Council’s recently adopted Supplementary Planning Documents,

That the layout, in consisting largely of cul-de-sacs with variably oriented houses and traditional roofing, takes inadequate account of opportunities to maximise solar gain and photo-voltaic generation

That this is a car-based development with 550 off-road parking spaces and inadequate provision for walking and cycling links, especially given the busy main ‘A’ roads that lie between the proposed houses and all existing local facilities, such as schools, shops, surgery, community centre and employment at Bradley Business Park

That this development, along with others proposed and underway, will add to the existing congestion at key road junctions in the area.

That the supplied information does not adequately explain how this site will contribute to the requirements of the Climate Emergency.

Huddersfield Civic Society also supports the many detailed objections by local residents and consultees, such as Highways England. We ask that Kirklees Council produces a true masterplan for the entire HS11 area, as per the adopted Huddersfield Local Plan, before any development here is given outline, let alone full, planning permission.”

For more information on the plan click this link.