Plan-IT Newsletter October 2016
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Furious row breaks out as minister steps in to halt Bradford Council’s controversial development plan
A Government minister has stepped in to pause a controversial development blueprint, after Shipley’s MP raised fears about the scale of building in the green belt. But Bradford Council bosses have responded with anger, accusing Philip Davies of jeopardising the very fields he sought to protect. The Council’s executive was today poised to back the […]
Silsden is to get a new primary school on a greenfield site on the outskirts of town
From Keighley News Silsden is to get a new primary school on a greenfield site on the outskirts of town. The new campus, above Daisy Hill and Silsden Park, will bring together the existing Hothfield Junior School and Aire View Infants School. The complex, due to be open by 2018, will solve existing overcrowding problems […]
Affordable Housing Cut in Silsden and Steeton?
From an article published in the Keighley News A housing developer wants to cut the amount of planned social housing in Eastburn by a third. Bid to slash affordable housing in Eastburn prompts call for policy review. Miller Homes will today ask Bradford Council to reduce the number of affordable houses earmarked for its 147-home […]
How will town cope?
The figure of 1,200 new homes would mean an average of two cars per house, going on for 2,400 more vehicles hitting the village/town. Plus there will be cars that visit these houses. Silsden cannot cope at the moment with the volume of traffic. At the first sign of any roadworks, traffic lights are put […]
Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Survey
The draft plan The questionnaire (pdf) The questionnaire (docx) If you are interested in how the plan is taken forward, please help the local Working Group by printing, completing and posting your questionnaire to: Rosie Sanderson, Clerk to Steeton-with-Eastburn Parish Council, 35 Kings Mill Lane, Settle, N. Yorks, BD24 9FD. You can also save the document […]
Silsden residents to take over youth centre and children’s centre
8:55am Tuesday 29th March 2016 By Herald reporter A group of Silsden residents this week expected to sign a deal with Bradford Council to take over the town’s threatened youth centre. The short-term tenancy agreement, to run the building in Elliott Street, will also cover the adjacent children’s centre. The agreement will mean existing activities, […]
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