Anlaby Common Update

Published: 17 April 2025

Good afternoon,

I thought you would appreciate an update on my actions concerning the Common.

I have spoken to the Living With Water team regarding the Common West Drain. They confirmed that the culvert is the responsibility of the property owners under whose land it passes. They are aware of the work on the Common drainage channels and plan to inspect the culvert in due course as part of a wider programme of works as part of their Blue Green Plan.

Natural England have informed me that they do not undertake in-field surveys, however if a planning request is submitted a survey will be required. On my request, they conducted an interval review and reported the last survey of the Common took place in 2009, when no Great Crested Newts (GCN) were found. They had no historic records or other evidence of GCN presence on the Common, or the surrounding area.

I was alerted to a parcel of land for sale for development adjacent to the Common on Hull Road. I have contacted Central Land Holdings (CLH) who have confirmed that it is not their land and none of the Common which they own is up for sale.

The ERYC Local Plan Update was adopted on April 2nd by a meeting of Full Council and the Common area remains designated as a Key Open Area, about which the Strategy Document says "The areas of countryside separating the individual Major Haltemprice Settlements from each other, and with Hull, are of particular importance to preventing coalescence."

I have arranged a meeting with CLH at the end of the month and will be in touch after.