Road improvements to reduce the speed of traffic and rat-running are needed if plans for a major new housing development are to get the green light, councillors have said.

Members of the South and West Plans Panel said proposals for 121 units – mainly semi-detached and detached houses with 20 flats in two blocks – at the  Department For Work and Pensions site off Otley Road were broadly welcome given the site’s favoured ‘brownfield’ status. Continue reading →