It’s a no from the residents

RESIDENTS AT Eyre Place Lane and the immediate area continue their opposition to the plans for student flats there. Just in case you are so minded, the deadline to lodge an opposition to join the 200+ who have already done so, is 2 September.

The locals have formed a group to coordinate their action. The comments are that the proposed design would dominate the surroundings of the constrained site. The new block of 142 student units would cut off sun and natural light from many of the neighbouring homes and gardens. The plans would dwarf the existing tenement which fronts Rodney Street, as well as the townhouses which already exist in the lane. The developers CA Ventures have capitulated a little by replacing one of the blocks with a new row of townhouses but otherwise the opposition is fierce.

The residents want the site to be developed in a way which would have a less harmful impact on its neighbours.

There are two planning applications 22/03834/FUL and 22/03833/FUL which can be viewed on the council’s planning portal.