Plans for 147 affordable homes in ancient Sykes Lane
Pictured above is the site plan for Yorkshire Housing's proposed development of 147 urgently-needed affordable homes in fields either side of tranquil Sykes Lane. The project, which has been submitted to Bradford council for approval, is adjacent to the Weavers View estate of mixed-tenure affordable homes built by Yorkshire Housing on the former Riverside Works and Becks Mill site in Keighley Road opposite the Aldi supermarket.
Sykes Lane, next to the canal, for many years was home to an old-fashioned mix of pens, smallholdings, allotments, stables, buildings, shelters and sheds of the kind pictured above. It was also the site of the town's first recreation ground, opened in 1914, before the park was created in 1934. Records indicate the lane was in existence by 1565 (see my blog of February 24th, 2021).
The plans show that a new footpath would be created from the canal towpath to join Sykes Lane (pictured above), which is designated as ancient highway and will be retained in one form or another as a pedestrian route. Yorkshire Housing's Weavers Walk development of 156 mixed-tenure affordable homes, built by Lindum, of York, fronts Keighley Road (pictured above). The estate runs west towards Sykes Lane and will be adjacent to the proposed new development, for which Yorkshire Housing's construction partner is the Vistry Group. Vistry describes itself as the country's largest home-builder. 
Yorkshire Housing is a not-for-profit association and with its subsidiary Space Homes manages more than 20,000 homes for rent and low-cost home ownership. The Weavers Walk estate is pictured above in the foreground. Keighley Road can be seen on the right at the bottom of the picture. The line of trees bottom left behind the new homes is in Sykes Lane. The public can have their say online by using Bradford council's planning portal (reference 25/02807/MAF). There are more than 100 documents relating to the planning application, including reports by the council's countryside and rights of way service, the trees team and landscape architects.
Pictured above is the site plan for Yorkshire Housing's proposed development of 147 urgently-needed affordable homes in fields either side of tranquil Sykes Lane. The project, which has been submitted to Bradford council for approval, is adjacent to the Weavers View estate of mixed-tenure affordable homes built by Yorkshire Housing on the former Riverside Works and Becks Mill site in Keighley Road opposite the Aldi supermarket.
Sykes Lane, next to the canal, for many years was home to an old-fashioned mix of pens, smallholdings, allotments, stables, buildings, shelters and sheds of the kind pictured above. It was also the site of the town's first recreation ground, opened in 1914, before the park was created in 1934. Records indicate the lane was in existence by 1565 (see my blog of February 24th, 2021).
The plans show that a new footpath would be created from the canal towpath to join Sykes Lane (pictured above), which is designated as ancient highway and will be retained in one form or another as a pedestrian route.
Yorkshire Housing's Weavers Walk development of 156 mixed-tenure affordable homes, built by Lindum, of York, fronts Keighley Road (pictured above). The estate runs west towards Sykes Lane and will be adjacent to the proposed new development, for which Yorkshire Housing's construction partner is the Vistry Group. Vistry describes itself as the country's largest home-builder.
