Laneside Farm Public Meeting Tuesday 7th June at 7pm at Morley Town Hall

Proposal for 550 homes on Laneside Farm Greenfield site

Dear Resident,
A Planning Application for 550 houses for a Greenfield Site at Laneside Farm in Churwell has been lodged by Persimmons Homes.
Morley Borough Independent Town and City Councillors are opposing this application for 5 separate reasons. The first is the levels of highway congestion on Churwell Hill and the associated increase levels of pollution. This proposal will make things worse. Secondly local primary and secondary schools are already full and cannot accommodate the additional 137 primary school children and 55 secondary school children this site would generate. There are presently less than a dozen spare places in primary schools across the Morley wide area. Our third reason for objection is that the local health centre cannot cope with the additional 2000 + patients this site will generate putting more strain on an already busy local health service. The fourth is that this is a valuable Greenfield site which offers a positive “greenbelt” barrier between Churwell and Morley. The fifth reason for objections is the site is also allocated as a Phase 2 site in Leeds City Councils local plan and releasing it for development is premature and unnecessary.

The Development is likely to be modelled on Persimmons Daisy Hill site with the majority being 4 bedroomed executive style housing with little affordable housing. This will still leave over 2,000 people on the Morley housing waiting list without offering any real hope for residents needing a home at an affordable rent.

You can raise your concerns about this application by attending a Public Meeting at Morley Town Hall on Tuesday 7th June at 7pm.

You can also lodge a formal objection by completing the attached objection letter and returning it to the address on the letter or leaving it at the Town Council Offices in Morley Town Hall.

We hope we can count on your continuing support to keep Laneside Farm a Greenfield site. We believe in putting people first - not Developers profits. We recently defeated Persimmons application for housing on a Greenfield site at Churwell New Village and defeated McDonalds at Tingley to prevent a fast food takeaway next to Woodkirk High School. Together we can win this campaign.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. If you require any further information please ring the Independent Helpline on 0781 3322737.

Yours truly

Morley Borough Independent Town and City Councillors