Battling with Persimmons again!

Another Greenfield site under threat?

We are heading for a further battle with Persimmons the house builder following news of a new housing application from the developer proposed for New Village Way in Churwell. Persimmons was recently granted planning permission for a further 200 homes on a Greenfield site off Albert Drive in Morley.

We held a public meeting in April with residents and asked them to back our campaign to oppose development on this Churwell Greenfield site. We got overwhelming support from residents and we promised we would gear up the campaign to oppose this proposal if a formal application was made.

Persimmons have put in planning application for 55 houses on the Greenfield site with access off New Village Way – a road which already serves over 330 homes on the estate.

Leeds City Councils Planning rules say that a single road should not serve an estate of more than 300 houses. If this proposal goes ahead it will serve over 380 houses overloading the road and bringing serious highways and safety problems. As we all know – local schools are full and the local health centre can barely cope with the people presently registered in the area. Adding more strain to these services and bringing more traffic on to Churwell Hill is utter madness!

We have requested that the application is considered by Plans Panel and Churwells Town Councillors are also backing the campaign opposing development.