Shepley
Creating new family homes at Eastfield, Shepley
Banks Property want to share with you our initial plans for a development of up to 120 new family homes on a site at Eastfield, Shepley, as well as give you the opportunity to provide feedback and ask any questions that you may have. Our proposals hope to bring forward a development that supports the recognised need for new family homes in the area. It also offers the opportunity to deliver new benefits for your local community, local economy and local environment. Some of the benefits include; on-site affordable housing, new publicly accessible green spaces, landscaping, habitat enhancements and electric vehicle charging.
Project data
- Location: Access will be taken via Eastfield, with the existing road being extended to serve the proposed residential development.
- Local authority: Kirklees
- Delivery of up to 120 energy efficient homes with a good sustainability rating
- Provision of 35% affordable housing
- Site area approx: 4.99 hectares
- Contact: shepley@banksgroup.co.uk
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Project timeline
July 2025
Community Consultation
Autumn 2025
Outline planning application submitted
Autumn 2026
Outline planning determination
Winter 2026
Reserved matters planning submission
Summer 2027
Reserved matters planning determination
Autumn/Winter 2027
Construction works to commence
Key Project Facts – Shepley
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Around 120 high-quality, energy-efficient homes designed to reflect and enhance the character of the local area
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New open space and green corridors within the site
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Provision of 35% affordable housing
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Site area approx. 4.99 hectares (12 acres)
Why Shepley?
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New housing developments like Shepley will help communities to thrive and help boost the local economy.
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Investing into Shepley will ensure it remains one of the most attractive villages to live in across Yorkshire.
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The development will deliver a play area for children and areas of green open space, rich with biodiversity for the public and wildlife to use.
- Shepley provides the unique opportunity for Banks Property to deliver high quality, modern living whilst being able to deliver a high level of affordable housing on site, to help deliver the much-needed homes in Kirklees.
Meet Jamilah Hassan
Community relations manager
Jamilah is your community relations manager for the Shepley proposal and is keen to know your community better and find out how you think it could benefit from our proposals.
Banks have worked with communities across Durham and beyond for nearly 50 years.
To read more click here.
You can contact Jamilah by emailing at shepley@banksgroup.co.uk.
We believe that the communities that host our projects should share the benefits. The Shepley development would bring a wide range of social, environmental and economic benefits (see below).
Progress so far
Although the project is at an early stage, work has started to allow us to understand what we need to do to prepare our planning application.
So far we have looked into ecology, archaeology and landscape which has helped us prepare a draft masterplan for our proposals
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