Banks Property submits 110-home Shepley plan

A developer has submitted plans for a 110-home West Yorkshire scheme.

County Durham-based Banks Property has submitted plans to Kirklees Council to build an estate at Eastfield, in Shepley, which will include 35 per cent affordable housing. 

The proposals also include a new play area, expanded public open spaces and green corridors delivering a ten per cent biodiversity net gain. 

Contributions towards local education and healthcare improvements are also planned.

The developer, part of family-owned Banks Group, held two community consultation events over the summer, giving residents the chance to meet the project team and learn more about the scheme. 

If approved, construction would begin in 2027, creating local employment and supply chain opportunities. 

Jamilah Hassan, community relations manager at The Banks Group, said: “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.”

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