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GOVERNMENT planning reforms aimed at speeding up permissions for new developments will be “disastrous”, according to Labour in Kirklees. The Lib Dems say democracy will be “stripped out of the process” and that neither the public nor local councillors who represent them will have a say when already weakened safeguards are killed off. Both Labour and the Lib Dems have urged local MPs to oppose the bill. But local Tories say the government’s proposals represent an opportunity for disadvantaged younger people to get a foot on the housing ladder. Housing Secretary Robert Jenri...

PLANS to build almost 400 homes across two former green belt sites in Cleckheaton are being recommended for approval this week. Both the site at Merchant Fields in Hunsworth, and Whitechapel Road, were earmarked for development in Kirklees Council's Local Plan for development in 2019. The larger of the two sites, Merchant Fields, involves a scheme for 267 homes by Harron Homes, and more than 100 residents have objected to it. In the plans, Harron Homes said the site would “create a sustainable residential development that supports the existing community and respects the positive fea...