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Plans for car park on greenbelt put on hold

21st November 2022 / 30th March 2023 by mattedwards

Plans for a car park on Green Belt land near Ben Rhydding Station have been put on hold by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. At the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Finance, Resources and Corporate Committee on Thursday 10th November, members were told that dozens of upcoming transport and infrastructure schemes needed to be reviewed in […]

Green Party leader visits Bradford

31st January 2022 / 31st January 2022 by mattedwards

The Green Party co-leader visits Bierley in support of local people defending their local community from overdevelopment. Recently elected co-leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer, was speaking to residents in Bierley where there has been a wave of planning applications which could see hundreds of houses and a new crematorium built on green spaces. […]

Greens raise concerns about overdevelopment around Oakenshaw

4th December 2021 / 27th January 2022 by mattedwards

Tong Ward Councillor Matt Edwards and Community Campaigner Celia Hickson have raised concerns over substantial industrial developments being planned around Oakenshaw and Chain Bar. Plans have already been approved for a large industrial development on the site of the East Bierley Water Works in addition to a controversial planning application to build a mammoth distribution […]

Green Councillor asks Government to intervene in Planning row

7th October 2021 / 11th November 2021 by mattedwards

Councillor Matt Edwards, a Green Party councillor for Tong Ward has written to the Secretary of State requesting a controversial planning application be reviewed after officers approved it without it being voted on by a planning committee. Councillor Edwards has written to Michael Gove, the new Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities […]

Residents frustrated as community park found listed for sale on auction site

27th July 2021 / 30th July 2021 by mattedwards

Residents on an a housing development in south Bradford have expressed frustration after their local green space was found listed on a property auction website. Residents living on Holme Beck Park on the edge of Holmewood were alarmed to find that the green space, which had been set aside as public open space on the […]

Local plan leaves Bradford South behind warn Greens but Mass Transit system could come to Holmewood

25th March 2021 / 5th July 2021 by mattedwards

Bradford Greens have warned that transport proposals in the draft local plan could leave the South parts of Bradford behind. In a submission to the emerging Local Plan consultation, Bradford Green Party have questioned why all proposals for priority bus routes, greenways and cycle routes are north of the City Centre and only road schemes […]

Green campaigner calls on Bradford Council to ditch South Bradford Link Road

13th July 2020 / 13th July 2020 by mattedwards

Matt Edwards, Green Party Community Campaigner for Tong Ward has joined campaigners and community groups are urging a committee of councillors to reject proposals to proceed with the South Bradford Link Road. An exact route for the road hasn’t been announced but it is likely the road will continue from the end of the Drighlington […]

Bradford Green Party launches coronavirus recovery plan

6th July 2020 / 6th July 2020 by mattedwards

Bradford Green Party has unveiled their plan to help ensure Bradford’s recovery following the coronavirus crisis is a green recovery – putting people and our environment at the heart of plans to reinvigorate our local economy. The Green Party coronavirus recovery plan called “A Greener Future for Bradford” is calling for an array of measures […]

Greens support Tong Valley campaign as thousands of objections to local plan submitted

23rd September 2019 / 24th April 2020 by mattedwards

Today, the Green Party will be supporting residents at Bradford City Hall objecting to Tong Valley being allocated for 2,000 new houses. Resident’s from Tong & Fulneck Valley Association will be handing in their comments on Bradford Council’s Core Strategy calling for Tong Valley to be removed from list of sites earmarked for housing. Matt Edwards, a […]

Plans for 113 houses on Bierley greenbelt approved by Bradford Council

22nd August 2018 / 26th April 2020 by mattedwards

Bradford Green Party has reacted with disappointment that a Bradford Council Committee has voted to APPROVE a planning application to build 113 houses on Spen View Lane. The application was opposed by many local people and over 140 objections were made in relation to the application. Opposition centred around not being enough doctors and schools […]

Bradford Green Group leader slams council U-Turn on Richard Dunn

4th July 2018 / 26th April 2020 by mattedwards

The leader of the Green Party group on Bradford Council has slammed the U-turn on what will be built on the site of Richard Dunn Sports Facility. Councillor Martin Love (Shipley) has accused the Council of “staggering levels of inconsistency” after announcing plans to earmark the Odsal site for a new retail park. This comes following […]

Green Party slam Labour’s unsustainable housing plans for Bradford

16th May 2018 / 26th April 2020 by mattedwards

A green party councillor has spoken out over the Labour-run council’s “reckless disregard” for local communities as they approve plans to build hundreds of new homes on greenbelt. Two weeks on from the local elections, Bradford’s Labour-dominated Council has already approved worrying house-building plans for the District. A third of these 1,500 new homes will […]

Caroline Lucas calls on local people to speak out against housing plans

3rd September 2017 / 26th April 2020 by mattedwards

Caroline Lucas visited Bradford District this weekend and used it as an opportunity to meet members of the The Tong and Fulneck Valley Association. The association oppose the plans to build nearly 2000 homes in the Tong Valley in between Tong Village and Holmewood. Caroline called on the council to use their powers to rethink the […]

Changes to planning application cause confusion at Milnerfield Farm.

16th February 2017 / 26th April 2020 by mattedwards

Changes to the planning applications at Milnerfield Farm in Gilstead have resulted in many local people wrongly believing the farm has been saved and that both applications have been withdrawn. Since late 2015, there have been two planning applications (15/05552/FUL and 15/05538/MAF) proposed for Milnerfield Farm. One sought to change the use of the land […]

Milnerfield proposed as site for development in local housing plan

24th May 2016 / 26th April 2020 by mattedwards

Thirteen sites in Gilstead have been proposed for development. A number of these sites have been proposed by the landowner of Milnerfield Farm. Bradford District Council is currently in the process of preparing a new Local Plan for the district. As part of this, they are looking to see which sites should be allocated for […]

Natalie Bennett visits Milnerfield Farm

2nd February 2016 / 26th April 2020 by mattedwards

Today Bradford District Green Party were proud to host Natalie Bennett as she visited Milnerfield Farm in Gilstead. She came to show her support for the Downs Family who have run the historic farm for over one hundred years.

Shipley and Bingley Greens oppose development on Milnerfield

26th October 2015 / 26th April 2020 by mattedwards

The Green Party in Shipley and Bingley strongly opposes the new proposed development of a Research and Business Park on greenbelt land at Milnerfield. Matt Edwards, Green Party spokesman for Bingley has condemned yet more development in the Shipley area: “it’s baffling why the already congested Aire Valley is being targeted for yet another business […]

Expansion at Leeds Bradford Airport is short-sighted and will damage greenbelt land

14th October 2015 / 26th April 2020 by mattedwards

The Bradford District Green Party has added its voice to the criticism of new plans to construct a new link road to Leeds Bradford Airport. The link road running from the A65 in Rawdon to the airport will cut right through unspoilt greenbelt land and there is no evidence that it would reduce congestion in […]