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Updated Thursday, 28th January 2021, 9:22 am Barratt Homes wants to build 260 homes on almost 20 acres of farmland off Owl Lane at Chidswell, near Dewsbury. The area is earmarked for 1,500 homes in total. It is one of the biggest developments in North Kirklees. And despite concerns over the impact on local roads from extra houses and a lack of cash for supporting infrastructure, such as a new roundabout to access the estate, the scheme was approved. The site off Owl Lane at Chidswell, near Dew...

DEVELOPERS who cover roads with mud and other detritus from building sites could face enforcement action following calls for a crackdown. There was cross-party support for Kirklees Council to more strictly monitor builders in the borough after pictures and video emerged of lorries at the massive Mirfield 25 site leaving trails of mud on the A62 Leeds Road. The matter came to a head at the council’s Strategic Planning Committee when Clr Martyn Bolt (Con, Mirfield) said some roads had bec...

A BLOCK of 80 apartments for older people is to be built in Cleckheaton, but questions have been asked over whether they will benefit people living locally. The four-storey extra care facility is earmarked for four acres of council-owned grassland off Kenmore Drive. It will be run by Housing 21 with 61 apartments set for affordable rent and 19 for shared ownership The block of one- and two-bed apartments was unanimously approved at Kirklees Council’s Strategic Planning Committee despite...

Submitting... Locals argued that the narrow road is not wide enough to accommodate the number of cars that the proposed housing estate would attract – a stance they said was supported by a local inquiry by the Department for Environment dating back to 1980. They said that decision remained valid as it had never been quashed and that the danger to pedestrians from traffic had increased in the 40 years since. That was rejected by the council’s legal officer. Residents have also mounted a lega...