The LDF processes are very complex and wide ranging and York and Selby District Branch executive committee recognise that they don’t have the resources to get involved in all policy areas.  They have therefore decided to concentrate on resisting in appropriate developments in the Green Belt.

A public consultation is expected to take place in August regarding the next stage of the development of the York LDF.  This will include the assessment of the land available to meet the forecast of 19,780 dwellings required over the next 20 years.

CPRE York and Selby’s analysis of the draft assessments indicate a significant allocation of sites within the Draft Green Belt.  The committee will register CPRE’s general policies on the protection of Green Belt land and stress the priority for housing should be by using brown field sites.  Obviously the CPRE case would be strengthened if the branch could elaborate on the characteristics of each individual site and that is where local knowledge is so important.

The sites likely to be on the list when the document is eventually released for public consultation are:

Site No.                  Name                                              Address                              Area (ha)

1                             Middlewood Close                          Rufforth                               0.99

7                             Cranbrooks                                      Wheldrake                          3.02

12                           Fields 6854/7074                            Elvington                             4.41

14                           The Forge                                        Crockey Hill                         0.54

16                           Moor Lane South                             Woodthorpe                      16.71

17                           Ponds Field                                      Heslington                          5.71

19                           Thornfield Lane                               Huntington                         23.42

21a                         Monks Cross North                         Huntington                         27

21b                         Monks Cross North                         Huntington                         67.07

21c                         Monks Cross North                         Huntington                         9.148

26                           Eastfield Lane                                 Dunnington                        2.35

27                           Southlands                                      Strensall                             6.52

29                           East Millfield                                  Wheldrake                          2.93

31a                         West Knapton                                 Acomb                                18.74

31b                         Ten Thorne Lane                             Acomb                                0.7

31c                         North Knapton                                 Acomb                                58.92

36                           Church Lane                                    Skelton                               2.99

37a                         New Lane                                        Huntington                        1.95

37b                         New Lane, Thornfield                     Huntington                         1.02

38                           Moor Lane/Usher Lane                  Haxby                                 22.17

45                           Church Balk                                    Dunnington                        2.62

53                           Westfield School                            Acomb                                  2.19

60                           Usher Park                                      Haxby                                   1.39

68                           Dauby Lane                                     Elvington                             5.12

69                           Stockton Lane                                 Stockton on Forest          2.43

71                           Flaxton Road                                   Strensall                               6.5

72                           Moor Lane                                       Copmanthorpe                 5.5

81                           York Road                                        Dunnington                        0.9

82                           Southfield Close                              Rufforth                               4.17

84                           Moor Lane                                       Bishopthorpe                    2.68

88                           Designer Outlet                               Fulford                                 32.6

102                         Graystones                                      Strensall                               3.82

104                         Wilberforce Home                           Tadcaster Road                 1.99

106                         Metcalfe Lane East                         Osbaldwick                         12.79

109                         Norway Drive                                   Fulford                                 0.78

162                         Church Lane                                     Elvington                             0.93

165                         The Mews                                        Strensall                               1

170                         Pansy Field                                       Upper Poppleton             2.905

280                         Main Street                                      Wheldrake                          2.93

The public will only have six weeks to comment and York & Selby branch would therefore like to start preparing noe for a comprehensive response.  If anyone has any local knowledge of these sites which would be used to sustain an objection to the use of the site for house building.

Frank Paterson, Vice Chairman of York and Selby District will be leading the project and would be pleased to hear from anyone with information on any of the sites.  He can be contacted on 01904 708478 or via frankpaterson@talktalk.net