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Locals in Mirfield who fought against a housing estate being built on an ancient floodplain are facing a new battle after an investigation of the site revealed contaminants in the earth.
Campaigners who fought plans to build houses on a water meadow that floods in heavy rain are to take legal advice after a committee’s decision to refuse the scheme was overturned at appeal.
Planners have reined back on approving a contentious housing scheme earmarked for an ancient floodplain in Mirfield.
Friday, 29th January 2021, 11:30 am
But it’s not because of flood risk. Instead many of the houses planned have been found to be too small.
Local campaigners have fought for more than 18 months to stop Wakefield-based developer Miller Homes building 67 houses on a watermeadow off Granny Lane in Hopton Bottom, which regularly floods during heavy rain.
Building on the “challenging site”, which is allocated for housing within Kirklees Council’s Local Plan, was approved in December 2019.
Members of Granny Lane Area Action Group (GLAAG) by meadowland in Hopton Bottom, near Mirfield, destined for housing.
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Monday, 25th January 2021, 3:35 pm
The controversial scheme, which has been vigorously fought by local campaigners, comes before Kirklees Council s Strategic Planning Committee on January 27.
And if members back officers recommendation for full planning permission then 67 houses will be built on the watermeadow off Granny Lane in Hopton Bottom, which regularly floods during heavy rain.
The scheme, which has been back and forth from committee over many months, is being supported by council planners as part of the authority s Local Plan, which aims to build 31,000 new homes across the district over the next decade.
Granny Lane under water in 2020. (Image: GLAAG)