The final seal of approval is set to be given to a controversial housing development which was first given the initial green light three years ago.
Yorkshire-based Strata Homes has now submitted his detailed planning application to build a total of 78 homes on the site of a dairy farm, in Grafton Road, Brizlincote Valley. Thee firm already has outline permission for the plan.
It had three years from the original outline application was approved in 2014 to submit its detailed reserved matters plan, which includes information on access, appearance of the homes, landscaping, the layout and scale of the development.
It has now submitted this final plan – with just six days to spare until deadline of when the outline plan runs out.
The development which sparked rows and controversy in the Brizlincote Valley area, was first proposed in 2011 with plans for up to 84 homes. It was hastily withdrawn before the developers returned to the table and a year later a plan was finally approved for up to 84 homes in 2014, to the fury of many in Brizlincote Valley.
When plans were first submitted, a petition was set up against future proposals and a Facebook group called ‘Save the Green Spaces in Brizlincote Valley — say NO to more houses’ was also started.
Campaigners said they were worried about the lack of green space such a development would create and the impact heavy traffic would have on roads.
However, Peter Diffey of Peter Diffey and Associates, acting on behalf of the applicants in 2012, said the area was within the town envelope, it was brownfield land and has been identified as a potential housing site.
He added that the site continues to be earmarked as a potential housing site in East Staffordshire Borough Council’s strategic assessment of land available for housing in consultations over it local plan.
He said the site presently adversely affects the character, appearance and environmental quality of the surrounding area, and that the proposals provide additional housing and meet highway safety requirements.
The reserved matters application includes a layout of the development as well as an obligation to provide eight affordable homes on the site.
The borough council is now set to determine the detailed plan.
