00:00two major housing developments bringing almost four hundred and fifty new homes to normanton in west yorkshire have been approved
00:08by councillors despite hundreds of objections from residents and local representatives
00:13wakefield council's planning and highways committee agreed to grant permission for two separate schemes proposed by developers persimmon homes and
00:23taylor wimpy on farmland sites across the town
00:26the larger proposal involves the construction of 308 properties across about 15 hectares of land to the west of wakefield
00:35road that site had previously formed part of the green belt but was removed and allocated for housing in the
00:42council's local development plan
00:44more than 200 residents and organizations submitted objections to the proposal raising concerns about pressure on infrastructure increased traffic and
00:55possible
00:55flooding risks some councillors and residents described the land as one of the last remaining green spaces available to the
01:03local community
01:04persimmon says the development will include new public open spaces energy efficient homes and funding for improvements to local highways
01:14and transport connections
01:15in a separate application taylor wimpy was granted permission to build 137 homes on agricultural land off buckthorn road
01:24including a number of affordable properties
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