Plans for a new high quality residential development in a West Yorkshire village have been submitted to Kirklees Council for review.
Developer Banks Property is looking to build up to 110 new properties on a new site at Eastfield in Shepley, to the south east of Huddersfield, which would include a 35 per cent allocation of affordable housing.
The family-owned firm held two community consultation events over the summer to give local people the chance to find out more about its proposals and to speak to members of its project team.
Alongside the new homes, the Shepley development would also include the creation of new areas of public open space and new green corridors, with a ten per cent biodiversity net gain being delivered on site through its creation.
Contributions would also be made by the developer towards improving local education and healthcare facilities.
The planning application is expected to come before Kirklees Council’s planning committee early next year.
If it is approved, work would be scheduled to begin in 2027, with a range of local employment and supply chain opportunities being made available as part of the project.
Part of the family-owned Banks Group, Banks Property is one of the UK’s most successful independent land and property development teams and operates to a ‘development with care’ approach, which ensure works in a responsible manner, with consideration for the environment, customers, colleagues, suppliers and the local communities in which it operates.
Jamilah Hassan, community relations manager at The Banks Group, says: “The provision of private and affordable homes through this development will give more local people and families a greater opportunity to stay in the village, while creating new wildlife habitats and new areas of public open space around the development will encourage and enhance local biodiversity.
“There is a clear and pressing need to increase the supply of quality homes in West Yorkshire and across the UK as a whole, both to ensure people have the housing options they need in the places they want to live and to support the wider UK economy’s future growth ambitions.
“Our high-quality Shepley development will help to meet both these ambitions, particularly with the high proportion of affordable housing it contains, and is located in an area that is entirely suitable for the type of project that we’re looking to take forward.
“We are confident there would be significant demand for new homes on this development and hope the members of Kirklees Council’s planning committee will support it when it comes before them next year.”
For further information on Banks Property’s proposed Shepley development, please visit www.banksgroup.co.uk/shepley
The Banks Property project team can be contacted via shepley@banksgroup.co.uk