In accordance with Paragraphs 6.24 and 6.25 of the Area Committee Procedure Rules, at the discretion of the Chair a period of up to 10 minutes may be allocated at each ordinary meeting for members of the public to make representations or to ask questions on matters within the terms of reference of the Area Committee. This period of time may be extended at the discretion of the Chair. No member of the public shall speak for more than three minutes in the Open Forum, except by permission of the Chair.
Minutes:
In accordance with Paragraphs 6.24 and 6.25 of the Area Committee Procedure Rules, the Chair allowed a period of up to 10 minutes for members of the public to make representations or ask questions on matters within the terms of reference of the Area Committee:-
a) Planned Residential Developments within the Outer North West Area
Clive Woods, Aireborough Civic Society reported his concerns about the number of planned residential developments within the Outer North West area which was contributing towards the problems of congestion on the A65/A660, especially at weekends. He also referred to an increasing number of Brownfield sites which were obtaining planning permission and circulated a list of examples for the information/comment of the meeting.
Robert Turner, a local resident also attended and made reference to a number of issues around health and transport within the Guiseley area . He also supported the above comments made by Clive Woods.
The Chair invited comments from Members of the Committee and in summary, specific reference was made to the following issues:-
The Acting West North West Area Manager responded to the comments made and put forward the following two options for the Area Committee to consider:-
Following these discussions, the Committee agreed to proceed with these options and to revisit this issue at a future Area Committee meeting.
(Councillor R Downes joined the meeting at 2.35pm during discussions of the above item)