Thanks to all residents who attended the Parish Council’s meeting held on 20th August at the Village Hall. Apologies to those who we couldn’t let in due to the venue being at capacity. The two documents below are the slides from the meeting and a summary document which includes information about all the sites and will help with your comments.
Summary document from call for sites Meeting 20 August 2025
Presentation call for sites Meeting 20 August 2025
Hundreds of new houses in Bramhope?
Commercial development in Carlton?
Have your say – Public consultation
Monday 7th July to Monday 15th September 2025
As part of the Leeds Local Plan Leeds City Council needs to allocate land for housing, commercial/industrial development and other uses for development up until 2042.
A full explanation about the consultation can be found in the document below.
Leeds Local Plan – Have Your Say updated 21 07 25
Guidance for how to complete your comment on the consultation can be found here.
Additional information regarding biodiversity and the environment and why they are important when considering the site allocation plans can be found in Biodiversity and site allocations
The Call for sites
In 2013 via a ‘call for sites’ over 600 sites were suggested in the Leeds Area for housing or commercial/industrial development. Leeds will not need anywhere near the number of sites suggested. However, Leeds City Council are legally required to consult on all the suggested sites even if they are assessed to be highly unsuitable for development e.g. most of the site contains Ancient Woodland or a site of Special Scientific interest.
The Bramhope Housing Proposals
Developers and landowners have submitted eight sites in Bramhope’s Green Belt to be considered for housing. There were no submissions for commercial/industrial use in Bramhope.
The sites are shown below with LCC’s initial rough estimation of housing numbers and a colour coding based on initial site assessment scores.
- Land to the west of Moor Road, 2 sites, 139 houses & 34 houses
- Land at Breary Grange Farm, 988 houses
- Land off Old Lane, Hilton Grange, 56 houses
- Land north of Churchgate, Church Hill & Old Manor Farmhouse, 2 sites,
150 houses & 261 houses
- Land to the east of Moor Road & south of Parklands, 87 houses
- Land to the southeast of Spring Wood Crescent, 48 houses
Sites coded yellow are more likely to be used for housing than those coded amber. Throughout Leeds area some of the sites coded yellow will need to be allocated for housing. Development on land currently located in the Leeds Green Belt cannot be ruled out. Additionally, developers and landowners could also withdraw their proposed sites.
Land allocation will be determined by detailed site assessments. However, site assessment scores and colour coding could also change due to the responses from public consultation.
Commercial/Industrial sites in Carlton
Most sites are located next to or very near to the airport.
One other proposed site is the land to the east of Cemetery Road & north of Coney Park (between Harrogate Road A658 and Cemetery Road) currently used as a heliport. The site is in the Green Belt and coded yellow
No sites were suggested for housing in Carlton.
Leeds City Council are asking residents to comment on the sites and will use the information from the public consultation to draw up a list of preferred sites ready for the next stage of public consultation in 2026. The impact on school capacity and infrastructure will be assessed at this stage.
Leeds City Council published information can be found on the following link. Local Plan – a planning framework for development 2022-2042
The Parish Council are holding public event to share details of the consultation and assist with any questions or help that residents may need before they can submit their comments. The meeting will be held on Wednesday 20th August 2025. There will be two sessions, both with the same content. The first at 4.00pm and the second at 7.00pm.
The meeting will consist of a presentation by Councillors followed by the opportunity to ask questions.
The Parish Council will keep Bramhope residents informed of the next stage of public consultation and any other relevant or related issues.