Village’s growing pains
PLANS have been submitted for homes in a village near Ashbourne which residents feared was doubling in size due to an influx in approved developments.
Kirk Langley has been the subject of a flurry of housing developments in recent years and now a further scheme of 12 homes has been submitted for the village.
The application, fielded by Darley Abbey firm Indigo Architecture, would see 12 homes built on a field off Poyser Lane, stretching towards the Bluebell Inn, which itself is the site of 38-house plans.
If approved, the scheme would include two five-bed detached houses; four two or three bed semi-detached houses; four two-bed detached bungalows; and two one-bed bungalows.
Amber Valley Borough Council decide on the application in the next few months.
A statement with the application by Indigo Architecture says: “The social impact of the proposed development is expected to be positive, both for existing residents and for future residents.
“The development would introduce high-quality housing that has been developed with consideration given to appearance, materiality and function.
“The proposed house types with varying accommodation schedules would be designed to be suited to a broad range of the demographic, from first time buyers, young families to older retired people.
“The economic benefit of the proposed development is expected to be positive, both for existing residents and for future residents. They would also contribute to the local area economically by visiting the accessible community service and facilities.
“Future residents may contribute economically by gaining employment in the local area. They may also generate employment opportunities in the area that could benefit existing residents.
“Local contractors will be invited to tender for the development and builders and tradesmen may use local shops and facilities which would benefit the local area economically.
“A balanced mix of housing types within the development would contribute to social diversity and the longterm prosperity and sustainability of Langley Common.”
Kirk Langley, in rural Derbyshire, between Derby and Ashbourne, is home to 291 households but housing applications for the area - before this latest one totalled 144 new homes.
In late April, residents opposing plans for 35 houses off Moor Lane, next to the primary school, were approved after a turbulent and heated debate.
At that meeting, Kirk Langley resident Hilary Leonard said at the meeting that the series of housing plans “would effectively double the size of the village”. She had said: “By overwhelming the village in this way, our very limited existing facilities will be totally inadequate.”
Cllr Lucy Baker, a Kirk Langley parish councillor, had said: “Our heritage is threatened as never before by the sheer scale of modern development in our small rural village.
“The village will be doubled in size in just a few years.”
The village will be doubled in size in just a few years.
Cllr Lucy Baker