Council gives green light to plans for 16 affordable homes
PLANS have been approved to build 16 affordable homes in a residential area in Earl Shilton.
The application by Kaplan Property Group proposes to develop 0.46 hectares of grassland to the rear of Birch Close and Elmdale Road.
An existing detached bungalow at 12 Birch Close would be demolished to create an internal road to the site.
The development comprises a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced houses and bungalows, to be built around a cul-desac with its own distinctive character.
The properties include 10 twobedroom properties for four persons and six three-bedroom dwellings for five persons, with eight of the homes for affordable rent and the other eight for shared ownership.
Two detached bungalows of two bedrooms are planned for the south of the site by the access route, which will be set back from the road in keeping with the existing character of Birch Close.
The rest of the proposed houses are two storey, with aspects of the development visible from Elmdale Road.
According to the developers, the proposed dwellings would be arranged to provide “a strong street frontage and afford natural surveillance”, as well as high quality landscaping scene.
An area to the east of the application site is undergoing construction works for a housing development .
Most of the site is currently overgrown grassland, with shrubs, hedgerows and trees on the south western, north western and eastern boundaries, along with several mature trees adjacent to the site.
A mature sycamore tree is to the rear of two of the plots, with the resi- dences positioned with sufficient distance from the plant to ensure no adverse impact.
Maple Park recreation ground is to the north of the site, with a footpath link to the park to be provided as part of the development.
The application said that Earl Shilton Town Council supported the development “as it would provide a benefit to water drainage”.
The scheme builds on an approved outline permission for 14 homes on the site, which “did not consider the noise and disturbance to be adverse”.
Five letters of objection were received about the plans, with concerns that parking is already an issue in Birch Close and that the access road would be very tight for bin lorries.
Other reservations included that the development would mean a loss of privacy for neighbouring properties and that the footpath could cause security issues.