Blocking the LDF - MBIs go into battle!

We will use a debate at next Wednesdays Leeds City Council Meeting to try to block the Councils proposed LDF Development Plan figures of 74,000 new homes across the Leeds City Council area with over 7,000 planned for Greater Morley. The debate will lead to a vote on adopting the LDF the Councils future development plan which confirms where all new development should go.


Everyone across Morley knows that local schools, roads and health centres are already full. Proposing an additional 7,000 homes across Morley will lead to gridlock and put the education of future Morley children at risk.

The MBI Group on Leeds City Council are the only set of Councillors who opposed the 74,000 target from the start arguing a lower target as this level of development was not sustainable or achievable. The Plan covers the Development needs of Leeds City Council up to 2028.

It is clear that we need more affordable homes to house local people. But this plan does not offer us this. The LDF means Morley Greenfield sites being ripped up to accommodate executive style housing while not providing the homes we need for young families or the elderly. Leeds City Councils pledge is that only 15% of these new homes will be affordable – that is not nearly enough to cover the housing needs of local people.

Morley was offered its own hearing with the Planning Inspector who considered the LDF – the only town in Leeds offered this option because of the high numbers of objections to the plan. The proposed LDF will mean the loss of Greenfield sites such as Dunningley, Tingley Station and Churchfields over future years as the 74,000 target has to be reached by 2028.

This is a totally unrealistic and unachievable target to reach. It is a Developers Charter which will allow them to pick and choose which Greenfield sites in Morley they plunder. Developers already have planning permission for over 20,000 new houses on mainly brownfield site across Leeds. By reducing the total development figure we can preserve most of our Greenfield sites and force developers to use brownfield sites first before coming to Greenfield sites.