Renewal and regeneration.
Bradford’s Local Plan clearly indicates a desire to deliver much needed housing on brownfield, and continue to aspire to make unviable brownfield viable through the regeneration process. This was noted in the 2005 RUDP. I see “However, it is recognised that in some of the district’s housing and commercial markets, financial constraints may make housing an economically unviable option for the foreseeable future.”
Rather than reiterate what’s already be said, details can be found at http://ls297.co.uk/local-plan/local-plan-response/#section4.
At the time I was responding to the Local Plan, I became aware of a £67 million award to the West Yorkshire Comined Authority (WYCA) to remediate brownfield sites that would otherwise remain unviable. Bradford’s share of this award is circa £15 million. Let’s see how this award is used to redvelop some/many of the unviable brownfield sites across the district.
Open season for green belt.
I as others was contacted by Dean Kirkby from the ‘i’ to discuss green belt issues after the new planning bill was announced in the Queens Speech. Here again, it is recognised that the bill is flawed (see: http://ls297.co.uk/planning-white-papers-and-response/). The direction of travel is broadly speaking in the ‘right direction,’ however, the numbers appear to be on the high side.
Much has changed since the government released their planning white papers that will affect household projections. The pandemic and Brexit are likely to reshape the UK’s housing market and the March 2021 census data will also need to be taken into account.
