Lib Dem Councillors Christine Stanfield and Cahal Burke are battling to save the one bit of Greenbelt left in Lindley Ward.

Grimescar Valley is a beautiful island in green on the edge of Lindley Ward. The Thornhill Estates, who own the land, have just unveiled plans to develop the valley from end to end!

Ainley Top and Birchencliffe would be reserved for employment and the rest of the valley for residential housing, 800 homes in total..

Cllr Christine Stanfield said: “We are totally opposed to any further erosion of the greenbelt in Lindley. We have just lost a huge acreage to buildings for employment and 300 houses and enough is enough! We will do everything we can to keep this valley out of the LDF.”

Cllr Cahal Burke said: “There are many other areas of Kirklees which are more suitable for development. Lindley is now well developed with many new homes being built in the last 5 years and the area really can’t take any more. Local residents have expressed to me their anger about Lindley Moor and then to have this come up for development just adds insult to injury. With local Labour councillors keen to develop areas of Kirklees and Conservatives nationally making it easier for builders to get permission to build, protecting places like Grimescar is going got be increasing difficult but we will be fighting this every inch of the way.”