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PEOPLE fighting to stop a massive warehouse development on fields close to the M62 near Cleckheaton say more evidence has emerged to show how it…
FRESH plans have been lodged in a further bid to build almost 300 homes on 30 acres of farmland in Cleckheaton.
“What could you consider putting in place to assist them?” Clr McBride suggested: “Your additional concerns may relate to the fact that you objected to this site being used for this purpose in the first place.” The 59-acre sloping site between Whitehall Road, Whitechapel Road and the M62 will be entirely given over to the facility – which will be a third of a kilometre long, 178m wide and 23m high – as well as space for nearly 200 HGVs and 900 cars and vans. That has lead to concerns that local routes – including the Chain Bar junction – could become clogged. In pur...
A GIANT warehouse earmarked for sloping farmland near junction 26 of the M62 motorway has been described as “a monolith” that is “totally inappropriate” for the surrounding area. The warehouse and distribution facility near Cleckheaton, which has been linked to online retailer Amazon, could provide 1,500 jobs. But members of Kirklees Council’s Strategic Planning Committee said the proposal before them lacked detail and that the benefits of employment could be outweighed by traffic, noise, and the impact of a 24/7 operation on the area. Council planning staff said the complex...
A LOCAL Councillor has described plans for a huge warehouse and distribution centre on farmland near Chain Bar as “absolutely monstrous.”