\n The application from Orion Homes seeks permission to construct 51 properties on land at Stubley Farm, off Leeds Road, Heckmondwike, which is allocated for housing development in Kirklees Council\u2019s Local Plan. To create access, a pair of semi-detached properties would be demolished. Stable buildings would also be bulldozed.\n<\/p>\n
\n The site is currently grassland used for grazing, with housing to the south and west of the site and Stubley Farm to the north. The Planning Statement says that while the land is currently undeveloped, the existing properties that surround it create a residential setting.\n<\/p>\n
\n Under the plans, the vast majority of the homes would be two or three bedroomed, with 12 of them to have four bedrooms.\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents have made their views clear, with 27 representations made in response to it. One person commented: \u201cThis development appears to include no amenities, and no provision for public transport or active travel \u2013 it is yet another housing estate where residents will be reliant on cars to access shops, schools, healthcare and amenities.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It is also a loss of green belt land and a large number of mature native trees and local wildlife.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Another said: \u201cI strongly oppose this development . The new junction will cause chaos for traffic with up to an additional 100 vehicles using the new junction. We really struggle now to get out of Stubley Farm Road onto the A62.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n However, the Planning Statement adds: \u201cThe proposal will assist the council in meeting its housing supply requirements and will not give rise to any harm in terms of highways, ecology, trees or drainage.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe proposal delivers economic (jobs creation and increased spend in the economy), social (affordable housing and open space contributions) and environmental (new planting and bird \/ bat boxes) benefits and as such can be considered as being a sustainable development.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A target date for a decision to be made by Kirklees Council has been set for October 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The application from Orion Homes seeks permission to construct 51 properties on land at Stubley Farm, off Leeds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-340610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115020379380507580","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}