All the claims are on the back of issues that have been met in the application and all hinge on the UDP, this document classified parts of the site in 2003, and as stated can be reclassified in 2013, the council will have had a plan for the area all along, it just so happens that 2013 fits in perfectly with the arrival of phase 2 of the development, which is the warehousing. By the time the construction starts on the rest of the site the land WON'T be green field anyway.
No UDP, no case. What we need the council to do now is to publicly commit to the reclassification now. They have always said the site is to be developed "at some point", well they know as well as the rest of the population of Wakefield NOW IS THAT TIME! THIS IS OUR CHANCE! While we should bend over backwards to reassure and work with residents of Newmarket, Stanley and Bottomboat as well as any other neighbouring WF area we need a strong council that will tell the "LSwhatever NIMBY's" (as well as Leeds council should they step in at any time) to mind their own business and leave affairs of Wakefield to it's citizens and council.
Over to you Mr Box and Co. Screw this up and I will wash my hands of the city!!!
