Core Strategy Baseline Analysis Study - Bradford Metropolitan ...

Local Centre
Addingham; Idle; Silsden; Allerton; Saltaire; Baildon; Horton Grange; Thornton; Cross Road
(Keighley); Crossflats; Barkerend Road; Haworth (Mill Hey); Undercliffe; Eccleshill; Fell
Lane/Oakworth (Keighley); Denholme; Laisterdyke; Queensbury; Holme Wood; Princeville;
Carlisle Road/Whetley Hill; Leeds Road; Wibsey; Duckworth Lane; Frizinghall Clayton; Lidget
Green; Wyke; Sticker Lane; Wrose; Burley-in-Wharfedale; Marshfields (Manchester Road);
Oak Lane, Manningham; Haworth (Main Street); White Abbey Road; Bankfoot (Manchester
Road).
The Council will need to consider other potential strategic locations for local centres to
ensure that social inclusion and accessibility considerations are satisfied through the
emerging LDF.
Although the WYG study has not specially been asked to look at locations for new centres,
PPS6 requires local planning authorities to consider the designation of new centres in areas
of significant growth or in areas of clear deficiency, with priority given to areas of high
deprivation, where access to local services is needed. From the accessibility review set out
in Section 9 of the study, we highlighted the network of town, district and local centres as well
as known foodstores. From this analysis we found that generally the district is well catered
for with existing retail (convenience) facilities. However, from closer inspection we did find
that there may be scope to designate some local centres to ensure that most of the district is
covered. WYG has identified that the following settlements areas should be considered for
designation of a local centre. We should note that some of these centres (*) do benefit from a
foodstore/superstore. The settlements are:
• Steeton with Eastburn;
• Menston *;
• Riddleston *;
• Oakworth *;
• Harden;
• Cullingworth *
• Wilsden *;
• Cottingley *;
• Heaton *;
• Sandy Lane *;
• Low Moor *.
If any future retail strategy is to address social exclusion issues and deficiencies, then it will
be essential that the above settlements with no identified supermarket/foodstore present
should represent the priority for some form of daily provision to meet daily needs. The
Council will need to consider allocating these strategic locations for local centres to ensure
that social inclusion and accessibility considerations are satisfied through the emerging LDF.
The study has reviewed and recommended appropriate changes where possible to many of
the adopted retail and leisure policies set out in the UDP. Many of the changes identified by
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