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A PLAN to build up to 40 homes on an old mill site will be discussed at a meeting today. The application, submitted by Stirling Investment Properties, is for a site formerly occupied by Foreside Mill on Halifax Road, Denholme Gate. A planning report to be discussed by the Regulatory and Appeals Committee says following demolition, the site was secured with wooden hoardings which have since fallen into disrepair. It outlines that 35 objections have been submitted in response to the application including concern that Denholme does not have the capacity to deal with further development; that brownfield sites are available; increased traffic congestion; the local primary school and GP surgery are not big enough to accommodate more people and approving the development “would set a dangerous precedent for development in the Green Belt”.