Danefield Ward News Today

A CONTROVERSIAL application to build a new road and hundreds of houses on the outskirts of Otley has been paused in a dramatic development.

A CONTROVERSIAL application to build a new road and hundreds of houses on the outskirts of Otley has been paused in a dramatic development.

Richard Davies was elected as a councillor for the Danefield ward by-election last week. Mr Davies won with 333 votes, a 46-vote majority, with second and third place tightly fought between Greens (287) and Lib Dems (282). He said: “I’m honoured to have been elected as the Labour Town Councillor for Danefield Ward, where I have lived for over 20 years. Id like to thank everyone who voted for me. I campaigned on the message that it is time for a change and that local politics benefits ...

Callum Francis AN INDEPENDENT candidate in Otley Town Council elections is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his father and uncle. Callum Francis, who is standing in Danefield Ward, says he has a wealth of experience and he believes there is a "real need to get some new blood on the town council and especially some opposition to the current 13 that form the present council along with a Green member". He says having worked alongside his father Nigel and his late uncle Gerard Francis on ...

LABOUR’S candidate for Otley Town Council’s Danefield Ward believes that a major rethink is needed for some of the town’s roads in and around the ward. Richard Davies said: “Traffic levels and parking problems have continued to rise in Otley, but not enough is being done to ensure the safety of local people. "In recent years, our councillors have pushed for some well-intentioned changes, such as the one-way system on Walkergate and 20mph limits on residential streets, but these ha...

THE son of Otley Independent town councillor Nigel Francis and nephew of the late Gerard Francis is standing in Danefield ward for a seat on Otley Town Council. Callum Francis is one of the youngest candidates ever to stand but has experience at council level having been one of the youngest ever Town Mayor’s Consorts in 2017-18. “My mother having been consort on three occasions decided that she did not want to commit herself to doing the job again, so I volunteered to step in and to b...

OTLEY Liberal Democrats have announced two candidates for the forthcoming Town Council by-elections on May 6, following the resignation of two councillors on Ashfield Ward and Danefield Ward. Tom Featherstone has been selected for Ashfield, which comprises all addresses north of the river and west of Newall Carr Road, while James Sebright has been selected for Danefield, which includes homes east of Gay Lane and south of Side Copse, and out towards Pool. Both Tom and James grew up in Otle...