Category: Local

  • BARDSEY VILLAGE UNDER THREAT

    BARDSEY VILLAGE UNDER THREAT

    Please act immediately if you believe in preserving the character of our beautiful village Ā Dear fellow resident When fighting the Bramham Estate application, it was recognised that threats to our Neighbourhood Plan would never go away. A current application (referenced below), if approved, would destroy a number of the key principles of the Plan. Application […]

  • Congratulations Bardsey and East Keswick ā€“ youā€™ve saved our Green Belt!

    Congratulations Bardsey and East Keswick ā€“ youā€™ve saved our Green Belt!

    On 26th April the Leeds Planning Panel made a unanimous decision to reject the Bramham Estateā€™s application to build 140 houses on the red flagged Green Belt land alongside the A58 in Bardsey. As 6 months have now passed, the timeline to lodge an appeal has elapsed, so the Bramham Estate plans as submitted are […]

  • PUBLIC MEETING MON 13TH NOV 7.30pm

    PUBLIC MEETING MON 13TH NOV 7.30pm

    MEETING AT BARDSEY VILLAGE HALL ON MON 13TH NOV AT 7.30PM… UPDATE ON THE THREAT TO THE GREEN BELT AND WHY DEMOCRACY IS FAILING US Bramham Estate are trying to develop the greenbelt field on the A58 by claiming VERY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. They are REFUSING TO DISCLOSE THE FULL FINANCIAL FACTS Leeds City Council is […]

  • BAG Latest Update Oct 2017

    BAG Latest Update Oct 2017

    It is now 8 months since Savills submitted a formal planning application on behalf of Bramham Park Estate to build up to 140 houses on 14 hectares of agricultural land in the green belt, which the Estate owns in the village of Bardsey. A separate company, Sandby(Bardsey) Ltd is promoting and paying for the application […]

  • Bardsey Greenbelt Threat Worsens

    Bardsey Greenbelt Threat Worsens

    Last October Bramham Estate revealed its plans to destroy the greenbelt on land north of the old village. Now another landowner wants to make huge profits by developing greenbelt farmland for housing. The site is the land to the west of Wetherby Road, south of Bardsey village between Church Lane and the Waysides. On behalf […]

  • BAG Latest Update

    BAG Latest Update

    In May BAG and its planning consultant Allen Creedy met with the Leeds City Council planning officer, Adam Ward, to discuss our objection to the application, and to find out more about what the next steps are.   Adam explained that he and his colleagues are still working on the technical issues that they have […]

  • Bardsey Under Attack Again

    Bardsey Under Attack Again

    From: James Watson Subject: Destruction of habitat Message Body: On Linden Close Bardsey Ls17 9ah lies a non accessible piece of land that had until Saturday morning a large variety of trees. This morning a team of men felled all the trees causing much distress to the residents of surrounding properties. These trees were home […]

  • BAG in partnership with Ethical Partnership

    BAG in partnership with Ethical Partnership

    Ethical Partnership provide the full range of professional, legal and technical support necessary to prepare and submit all kinds of planning applications ā€“ whether it a refurbishment, new build, conversion or a ā€˜change of useā€™ ā€“ we can help with all kinds of ā€˜developmentā€™; retail, leisure, commercial, housing, energy, infrastructure etc. See the full story […]

  • BAG Require PR Specialist

    BAG Require PR Specialist

    Being the very lucky village we are Bardsey is not without specialist help coming forward from all quarters in including drainage, highways, websites, social media and more. What we are lacking at the moment is someone with a strongĀ PR background for the next stage of our campaign to get our message out to a wider […]

  • 24 hrs left to make yourself heard

    24 hrs left to make yourself heard

    Object now: https://publicaccess.leeds.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=OKQULDJBGU100