Kirkburton Green Party Councillor Robert Barraclough has
backed the calls of many residents to preserve the Green Belt. The Green
Councillor from Farnley Tyas has come out against calls by Farnley Estates to
release more Green Belt for Housing Development to support their proposed
Country Park.
Councillor Barraclough said
“As the Draft Kirklees Local Plan consultation ends it is
now time to reflect and consider the responses many local people have made
through this process. I have spoken to a lot of local people as individuals,
responded to emails and phone calls, attended community meetings and have put
information about the Local Plan through many local letterboxes. I have got a
very clear picture of local feelings and concerns.
One of the main concerns has been the proposal by Farnley
Estates to release of Greenbelt land to the Farnley Country Park. Farnley
Estates have been actively promoting the concept and this has led to a wide
ranging and often heated debate. At this point and looking at the
correspondence I have received I feel that there needs to to be much more
detail in the proposal before it can be assessed thoroughly.
The proposal requires the release of sensitive areas of
Green Belt for housing which I would not be able to support especially as in
the draft plan almost all of the proposed sites have been rejected.
In fact the strength of response brings into question
whether or not the Green Belt allocation for this proposal should appear in the
plan at all. The wording in the Draft Local Plan could be
reinterpreted over the course of the plan and this is a genuine concern. I will
be asking Officers to review this inclusion with a view to removal or
substantially tighter drafting.
Since the start of the consultation period I have
consistently recommended to concerned residents that the best course of action
was to support the rejected sites option, this is what many have done and a
course of action that I still agree with.”
Contact –Cllr Robert Barraclough Email - robertw.barraclough@kirklees.gov.uk
Mobile - 07778 315577
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