The Council is in the process of preparing a new Local Plan which will replace the current statutory development plan for Bradford District (the Replacement Unitary Development Plan) which was adopted in 2005. The first of the Local Plan documents is the Core Strategy which was adopted at meeting of Full Council on 18 July 2017. The Bradford City Centre AAP and Shipley & Canal Road Corridor AAP will provide the planning policy frameworks for determining future planning applications over the next 15 years in these priority regeneration and growth areas in conformity with the policies in the adopted Core Strategy. The AAPs were approved by Full Council on 20 October 2015 for submission to government for examination. Following publication for representations, an examination was held with a government appointed Inspector. 

The Council has now received the Planning Inspector’s Final Report and recommendations on the two AAPs.  The Inspector has considered all the matters before her including the plan, the evidence underpinning it, and the representations made and the published modifications. In her report she concludes that the Bradford City Centre AAP and Shipley & Canal Road Corridor AAP can both be considered to be legally compliant and sound, providing a limited set of Main Modifications are made to the plans, as submitted.

The purpose of the report of the Strategic Director of Place (Document “AF”) is for the Executive to note the contents of the Inspector’s report and to seek authority to proceed to Full Council to request the legal adoption of the AAPs, with modification, in line with the Inspector’s recommendation. 

Recommended -

(1)       That the contents of Document “AF” and contents of the Inspector’s Report (Appendix 1) be noted.

(2)       That it be recommended that Full Council formally adopt the Bradford City Centre Area Action Plan as approved by Full Council on 20^th October 2015 and submitted to the government for examination with the Main Modifications contained in Appendix 2 to Document “AF”, as proposed by the Inspector pursuant to Section 23 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

(3)       That it be recommended that Full Council formally adopt the Shipley & Canal Road Corridor Area Action Plan as approved by Full Council on 20th October 2015 and submitted to the government for examination with the Main Modifications contained in Appendix 3 to Document “AF”, as proposed by the Inspector pursuant to Section 23 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

(4)       That the Assistant Director (Planning Transportation and Highways) in consultation with the relevant Portfolio Holder be authorised to make other minor amendments of redrafting or of a similar nature as may be necessary prior to formal publication of both AAPs.

(Regeneration and Economy Overview & Scrutiny Committee)

                                                                        (Bhupinder Dev - 01274 43 2012)

The Council was in the process of preparing a new Local Plan which would replace the current statutory development plan for Bradford District (the Replacement Unitary Development Plan) which was adopted in 2005. The first of the Local Plan documents was the Core Strategy which was adopted at meeting of Full Council on 18 July 2017. The Bradford City Centre AAP and Shipley & Canal Road Corridor AAP would provide the planning policy frameworks for determining future planning applications over the next 15 years in these priority regeneration and growth areas in conformity with the policies in the adopted Core Strategy. The AAPs were approved by Full Council on 20 October 2015 for submission to government for examination. Following publication for representations, an examination was held with a government appointed Inspector. 

The Council had now received the Planning Inspector’s Final Report and recommendations on the two AAPs.  The Inspector had considered all the matters before her including the plan, the evidence underpinning it, and the representations made and the published modifications. In her report she concluded that the Bradford City Centre AAP and Shipley & Canal Road Corridor AAP could both be considered to be legally compliant and sound, providing a limited set of Main Modifications were made to the plans, as submitted.

The purpose of the report of the Strategic Director of Place (Document “AF”) is for the Executive to note the contents of the Inspector’s report and to seek authority to proceed to Full Council to request the legal adoption of the AAPs, with modification, in line with the Inspector’s recommendation. 

The Strategic Director of Place gave a power point presentation which put the Bradford City Centre Area Action Plan and Shipley & Canal Road Corridor Area Action Plan into the context of the potential economic growth for the district.

The Regeneration, Planning and Transport Portfolio Holder stressed the importance of the Canal Road Corridor improvements in providing a gate way  to the Airedale corridor manufacturing and textiles.  He referred to projects to be developed in the next 3 to 5 years such as 1 City Park.  He noted that the adoption of the Local Plan suite of documents allowed the council to approach developers with identified development sites.

Resolved -

(1)       That the contents of Document “AF” and contents of the Inspector’s Report (Appendix 1) be noted.

(2)       That it be recommended that Full Council formally adopt the Bradford City Centre Area Action Plan as approved by Full Council on 20^th October 2015 and submitted to the government for examination with the Main Modifications contained in Appendix 2 to Document “AF”, as proposed by the Inspector pursuant to Section 23 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

(3)       That it be recommended that Full Council formally adopt the Shipley & Canal Road Corridor Area Action Plan as approved by Full Council on 20th October 2015 and submitted to the government for examination with the Main Modifications contained in Appendix 3 to Document “AF”, as proposed by the Inspector pursuant to Section 23 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

(4)       That the Assistant Director (Planning Transportation and Highways) in consultation with the relevant Portfolio Holder be authorised to make other minor amendments of redrafting or of a similar nature as may be necessary prior to formal publication of both AAPs.

ACTION: Strategic Director of Place

                Assistant Director (Planning Transportation and Highways)