Object

Representation ID: 66346

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: David Wilson Homes

Agent: Turley

Legally compliant? No

Sound? Yes

Duty to co-operate? No

We object to policy DS19 Green Belt which defines the extent of the Green Belt in the District.

Whilst the Council has undertaken a review of the Green Belt and commissioned further independenet work to critically assess the review we do not consider that the work undertaken has been expressively thorough or unbiased.

The Green Belt Criticial Reveiw provides an assessment of the preferred option sites, but fails to consider any of the sites that have been dismissed. In contrast to the Council's Green Belt Review, it focuses on the specific sites.
This more detailed approach results in very different conculsions. Whilst the Green Belt Review considers Parcel BG3 (within which the preferred option site is located) to be of high Green Belt value the Green Belt Critical Reveiw consideres the preferred option site to be of low to medium value.
It concludes that given the characteristics of the site, it could be removed from the Green Belt with a modest impact on the fundamental aims, essential characteristricts and purposes of the Green Belt.

It is worth noting the Inspector's Main Modifications to the Leeds City Council Core Strategy, which recommended that full Green Belt review should be undertaken to accommodate the identified level of housing and employment growth rath than a selective review as the Council originally propoposed.