SUPERMARKET giant Morrisons has brought some festive fun to children in care. The company has donated dozens of goodies including selection boxes, mince pies and chocolates to Bradford Council’s Children in Care service. Keighley West councillor Adrian Farley, the council’s portfolio holder for children and families, said: “This gesture from Morrisons exemplifies the kindness of residents, businesses and community groups that has come to the fore across Bradford district during this most difficult of years. To see people come together to support those less fortunate in our community is heart-warming.” Irfan Alam, deputy director of children’s social care, said: “This wonderful gesture contributes to the hampers we have put together for some of our children. I want to say a huge thank-you to Morrisons from all of us at Bradford Council.”
The field the glamping site would be based in A PANEL of Councillors has refused plans to create a glamping site in the Green belt between Keighley and Harden. A field at Heather Lodge, Back Shaw Lane, had been proposed as a camping site that would be made up of two glamping pods and two shepherd’s huts, along with a parking area with four car space and a building for use as a shared cooking facility. The application went before Bradford Council s District Planning Panel on Thursday. Members heard that there had been a number of letters of support backing the plans, saying it would boost tourism in the area.
The sun room that was built withoput planning permission COUNCILLORS have gone against the recommendation of officers and approved plans for an extension to a nine bedroom house. In September Bradford Council received a retrospective planning application for a first floor extension – in the form of a sunroom, at 4 Farcliffe Road. At a meeting on Thursday, planning officers had advised members of the Bradford District Planning Panel to refuse the application, saying the design of the extension was “harmful” to the building’s appearance. A report to members said: “The design and overall appearance of the extension does not complement or enhance the character and appearance of the host dwelling and given the prominent sitting on the dwelling, is considered an over dominant and incongruous structure to the detriment of visual amenity.”
File photo of new houses under construction EIGHT Bradford Councillors have added their names to a letter to the Government demanding it drop plans for a major shake up of the planning system. The letter, signed by over 2,000 local politicians from across the country, claims the massive overhaul would undermine local democracy, scrutiny and accountability - but the Government says their concerns are entirely unfounded. Earlier this year the Government proposed a zoning system to be implemented in the UK. It would see areas divided up into categories that would determine how they are developed in the future. Some areas, such as designated Greenbelt sites, would likely be protected from future development.