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WAAG update re Planning

October 25, 2020by BethNo Comments

UPDATE FROM WAAG                 

With Secretary of State Robert Jenrick’s rejection of a call-in for planning application 17/08262, we must expect Leeds Council to issue the approval notice imminently, though with over a month having passed since that rejection one wonders why that hasn’t happened already.  WAAG is of course furious that the community has been ignored.  Rather than vent its wrath here, however, there are some positive things that can be done, even though they amount to damage limitation.

  

  1. City Plans Panel wanted our community to be given the chance to contribute to plan preparation.  Developers will be starting to prepare their detailed proposals.  We don’t know if there will be one planning application for “reserved matters” on all of the 17/08262 outline area or applications for each of the four land “parcels”.  Almost everything on 17/08262 was illustrative and so not approved.  There is a chance to influence designers.  They won’t be obliged to take account of what the community wants but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.  WAAG will ask to see any proposals put to the Council at pre-application stage and, despite awkward feelings, WAAG proposes to contact the developers and tell them what our community wants.  How will we know this?  WAAG can’t have public meetings these days but can collate positive suggestions on social media or sent to our email address:westardsleyactiongroup@gmail.com.  Suggestions can’t expect to get the developable area reduced or change the access points (expect these to be already approved in 17/08262).  We’re doing a brief focussing on Haigh Wood and green aspects of the development and will post this here in a day or two.

 

  1. There will be pages and pages of conditions, and the Section 106 agreement and the Community Infrastructure Levy, all of which will probably be the much the same as set out prior to the 21 May City Plans Panel meeting.  There will be more on the reserved matters applications too.  It’s LCC’s job to ensure these are complied with – though there won’t be much staff resources put into this unless discrepancies are brought to LCC’s attention by, for example, us.  

 

  1. WAAG will ask the Council for copies of all the key documents and that all objectors to the outline plan be informed of every reserved matters application.

 

  1. WAAG has considered using judicial review to challenge the legality of the 21 May City Plans Panel at which objectors were excluded.  It would be seriously expensive and even if we won it would only require that the decision be freshly taken.  This would not in itself change the planning merits/issues, so we would expect City Plans Panel to vote for approval again.

 

  1. WAAG is keeping an eye on the very radical proposed government changes to the planning system.  It’s very likely that these will much too late to affect the Haigh Wood proposals, though the theme at this initial stage seems to be to enable building to go ahead with fewer safeguards.

 

  1. It may be worth considering whether it would be good for West Ardsley to be included in the Morley Town Council area.  Developers across Leeds currently have to pay the Community Infrastructure Levy on every house approved (though the government’s proposed planning changes could scrap this).  15% of the CIL can be earmarked for local parish or town council areas if they cover where new houses are approved.  If not then all the CIL goes into a general Leeds wide pot and West Ardsley would probably see none of it.  

Thank you for reading.

 

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Village Christmas Tree

October 25, 2020by BethNo Comments

We have exciting news about the village Christmas Tree this year

The local Labour Councillors have secured some funding for our own Christmas tree which will be placed out side the Hilltop community centre, and will be followed later by a permanent live tree!

Thank you to the councillors

We have also been told the notice board should be in place by the end of the year.

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Twitter Updates

Help Save Haigh Woods 🍃💚🍃 Follow

The application was refused and then in controversial turnaround it's suddenly approved in a closed Plans Panel remote meeting! Our last little bit of green!

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haighhelp Help Save Haigh Woods 🍃💚🍃 @haighhelp ·
27 Jun

They’re going to start securing the site today. Any news? @andreajenkyns @michaelgove

Help Save Haigh Woods 🍃💚🍃 @HaighHelp

This is what happens when over 3,500 people OBJECT to a planning application with Leeds City Council. @michaelgove @andreajenkyns @redrow get exactly what they want and ignores the community and their own 8 principles

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haighhelp Help Save Haigh Woods 🍃💚🍃 @haighhelp ·
21 Jun

They just make the village sick. Just having them roaming about chatting about their security fencing or whatever. And doing this.

Help Save Haigh Woods 🍃💚🍃 @HaighHelp

An Aerial shot of West Ardsley taken this morning. This is our last bit of green, soon to be a @redrow estate. Big old urban sprawl, country roads that can't take the traffic. It's too sad. @mikeyrro took this stunning photo

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mary_kilner Mary Kilner 🍃💚🍃🐿️#NatureInMyBackYard @mary_kilner ·
20 Jun

@save_our_fields @HaighHelp I'm so sorry to you and all others who face this terrible planning farce that is greed and profit above all else. 💔

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save_our_fields Wildlife Protector 2022 🍃💚🍃🦉 @save_our_fields ·
20 Jun

@HaighHelp So sorry. The planning system is made out to be democratic, but in reality, I believe it’s just a series of handshakes and deals done behind closed doors. Hold your heads high that you stood up and tried. 💚

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haighhelp Help Save Haigh Woods 🍃💚🍃 @haighhelp ·
20 Jun

I guess it’s finally over. So, so sad for those affected and the community as a whole. We did our best but we were ignored (treated like sh*t actually by @redrow and Leeds City Council planning). So much for democracy - it’s just not the case in planning.

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