Councillors urged to approve contentious 230-home plan for Calderdale village
Councillors are being advised to approve controversial plans for 230 new homes in a Calderdale village when they meet next week.
A decision on Keyland Developments Ltd’s outline application for land off Ellistones Lane in Greetland was postponed in July after concerns over incorrect documentation.
Now the bid is up for discussion again when members of the planning committee meet on Tuesday, September 29, from 2pm at Halifax Town Hall.
More than 400 objections have been logged to the development and in July, objectors lobbied councillors on their way into the meeting.
Officers’ recommendation to committee members is again that they should be mindful to permit the application, subject to legal agreements and planning conditions.
They are also reminded the application is outline at this stage, considering only demolition of a farmhouse, the means of access to the site and general principles associated with the development of up to 230 homes.
Access arrangements within the site, layout, scale of buildings, appearance and landscaping are “reserved matters” which would have to be considered in a later, full application.
At July’s meeting, councillors quizzed planning, highways and environmental health officers for an hour on aspects of the proposals.
Coun Katie Kimber (Lab, Luddenden Foot), Coun Andrew Varley (Reform UK, Sowerby Bridge), (Coun Jamie Furlong (Green, Todmorden West), Coun Paul Dale (Reform UK, Ovenden), Coun Ashley Evans (Lib Dem, Warley), Coun Gordon Thorpe (Reform UK, Ovenden) and Chair Coun Steve Mycroft (Reform UK, Brighouse) asked questions including about highways concerns.
Highways officers responded that impacts had been modelled and mitigations made, concluding the impact of extra traffic generated by the new housing would be minimal.