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Is it the end of the (Roman) road?


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130 houses are proposed on Green Belt off Wheatley Grove in Ben Rhydding in Bradford Council s Local Plan
From Colin Burn, Ben Rhydding
ONE of the disturbing aspects of the proposals to build up to 130 houses on the Wheatley Grove greenbelt location is that such development is quite likely to obliterate a rare remaining open field stretch of one of Ilkley’s antiquities.
Of the many strollers and weekend walkers making their way up Ben Rhydding Drive in order to enjoy the moor, I suspect only a few will be aware that they are travelling on a converging path with, and then crossing, the course of a significant Roman road. Classified by the Roman Roads Research Association as RR72b, the road linked the fort, crossroads and settlement at Ilkley (called either Verbeia, Olicana or maybe both) with Tadcaster and York, or Eboracum. As the most direct route from relatively ....

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Fears for Wharfedale's green belt as housing plan is published


RESIDENTS are being urged to have their say on new housing plans which could see hundreds of homes built on the Green Belt in Wharfedale.
Bradford Council has begun a consultation on its Local Plan, a document that will map out sites where housing should, and should not, be built.
Of 30,672 homes to be built in the district between 2020 and 2038 (1,704 per year) the Council says 21 per cent of homes will have to be built on the Green Belt.
In Ilkley sites put forward in the Green Belt are: Wheatley Grove 130 homes; Skipton Road East, 20 homes and Coutances Way 155 homes on open pasture fields to the east of Wheatley Lane. A site for nine homes at Stockheld Road has also been identified. ....

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