Edit by Paul Marfell - Nov 18 2008

The Diocese of Leeds have now submitted a planning application for building the fence that is more or less as per their original application for a certificate - the one that was refused. You can view this planning application on the Bradford Public Access site here.

Feel free to use the Discussion Board to record your views. The Parish Council would also like to hear from you. You can contact the Clerk, Ruth Batterley, from their web site here.

The paper recently had an article about a proposal by the Church to built a 2m high fence around the playing field on Jenny Lane. I have found the application on the Bradford Council public access web site. You should be able to see the application by following this link.

There has now been another application that can be seen here. The first application for a certificate of lawfulness was refused.The difference now is that the fence along Heygate Lane is to be set back 4m from the wall. This means that 4m of the playing field will be lost.

I notice there is an item in the Discussion Board for this. Perhaps people should comment.

I am rather worried about this and would like to know what could be done about it. This land has been used for years as a playing field and the Baildon Carnival is making use of it again. Who is gaining unlawful access to the field at the moment? Perhaps something else could be done to stop this unlawful behaviour instead of building a fence.