Milnerfield Farm
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UPDATE 12TH MAY 2017
We are delighted to announce that Hartley Property Trust and their shell company have withdrawn their applications and it looks as if the farm is safe ... for now.
The plans were thrown into turmoil when council officers had released their recommendation that the application for refusal.
They gave a number of reasons including traffic concerns, that it was inappropriate for the greenbelt and that it would cause “substantial harm” to the World Heritage Site of Saltaire.
All these objections had been raised Matt Edwards and Bingley Green Party.
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