Applications have been lodged for over 750 new homes at Dunningley in Tingley with a further 550 proposed on Laneside Farm in Churwell by Persimmon Homes. Barratt’s have submitted a planning application for a further 200 homes on Scott Lane off Bruntcliffe Road and Miller Homes have announced a further 200 homes proposed at a site off King Street in Drighlington.
The failure of Labour controlled Leeds City Council to agree a lower achievable and sustainable housing target has led to this rampage by Developers who aim to concrete over Morley’s Greenfield sites. Leeds City Councils target of 74,000 new homes by 2028 was always unrealistic and allows Developers to cherry pick Greenfield sites while ignoring previously developed brownfield sites that need regenerating.
Leeds City Council has also announced that Developers already hold planning permission for over 18,000 new homes, mainly on brownfield sites, which they have not yet built.
There is the new speculative proposal from Miller Homes in Drighlington and we know Developers are hovering over a Greenfield site to the rear of Street Lane in Gildersome. It is clear local primary schools are already full, local roads heavily congested and local health centres struggling to cope with demands from patients already living in the area. There are no coherent plans to deal with the overwhelming demand these new homes will bring and we will therefore be opposing each and every one.
Morley Borough Independent Councillors recently met with MP Andrea Jenkyns who shares their concerns about the over development of Morley Greenfield sites. She has agreed to request a Planning Minister visits the constituency to discuss local concerns.
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