Green light for 120 new homes in East Staffs
Three plans backed but old farmhouse will go
THREE planning applications allowing 120 new homes in East Staffordshire have been given the green light by council officials.
These include the designs and further details on 110 new homes in Burton, the demolition of a historic Uttoxeter farmhouse and permission to build eight bungalows in a gated area.
Fears that 110 new homes in Tutbury Road, Burton on land at Glenville Farm could “ruin the character of the area” were not enough to stop members voting unanimously for the scheme at the planning committee meeting of East Staffordshire Borough Council on Tuesday.
Chairman of Outwoods Parish Council, John Anderson spoke during the meeting and raised concerns.
Mr Anderson said: “We accept that Glenville Farm has an outline approval as a site as a whole but we strongly object this planning application.
“Harehedge Lane is already heavily congested and can be unsafe at school drop-off and pick-up times. Extra housing will increase this congestion.
“We suggest that the problems should all be alleviated before any further development in the area is permitted.”
Responding to this, planning officer Rob Duckworth said: “A lot of the matters raised are about the highways and transport, we’ve given outline it can’t be revisited.
“We’ve got the improvements to Harehedge Lane conditioned in the outline so those need to be completed prior to the commencement of the development.”
The overall Glenville Farm plan is for 500 houses which was first approved by the council in October 2015, with this homes will be built after its demolition being the first phase of 110. Of the 110 properties, 17 will be affordable houses, with the remainder a mix of detached and semi-detached and maisonette apartments.
There will be four areas in this phase of development, with the more spacious and highest quality homes on the north of the site, with a lower density of properties.
The homes accessible from Tutbury Road will be of mixed house types, with the other entrance to the site having properties further back from the road.
Also discussed during the meeting were plans to demolish a disused farmhouse dating back to the 19th century at Roycroft Farm, in Bramshall Road, Uttoxeter.
The scheme first went before the council committee in October, however, a decision whether to accept it or not was deferred as councillors did not agree with the design of the two homes which would be built on the land.
Members commented that they agreed with the overall project, but it was the style of houses that they disliked.
Two homes will still be built following the demolition of the old farmhouse, with the first remaining as a fivebedroom house.
But the property has now been redesigned to be “more visually dominant” according to a report by council officers on the project.
The second home will now be four bedrooms instead of the original five. This house will also now be set back further from the road.
A third plan was approved, unanimously, to build eight bungalows on farmland in Demontford Way in Uttoxeter.
The gated site would be accessed through a newly-created entrance off the road.