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Search the Public Notice PortalPermission for a 23-home development in a Herefordshire village has been granted, more than six years after it was first applied for.
A Mr Smith of Sutton St Nicholas north of Hereford applied in July 2019 for outline permission to develop a two-acre paddock known as Sutton Cattle Yard, opposite the recent Willowbank Drive development to the north of the village.
Ranging from one- to four-bedroom houses in a mix of forms, the new estate would have “a similar purpose and design, forming a suitable partnering street scene” to the development opposite, his application said.
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Eight were to be classed as for affordable sale, and there was to be “ample” open space around the “medium-density” scheme.
Sutton St Nicholas is described in county planning policy as a “main focus for proportionate housing development”, while the site is one of two earmarked for development in the village plan – though only for 18 houses.
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Planning officer Josh Bailey concluded that with “suitable mitigation and biodiversity enhancement”, the scheme “would respect the character of this sensitive village location”.
But he added that its final layout and design, now due in a separate planning application, “will be crucial to ensure there is no adverse impact upon any neighbouring properties”.
He explained that the application has been held up by the council’s long-standing inability to approve new schemes that would add to water pollution entering the river Lugg catchment.
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But now in a so-called Section 106 agreement with the council, concluded only at the end of July, the developer undertakes to buy £49,280 worth of “phosphate credits” to fund water improvement works elsewhere.
The agreement also commits the developer to providing the affordable housing element as well as to funding local education and play facilities and transport improvements.
The outline permission comes with a 24-strong list of conditions ranging from cycle parking to water efficiency to biodiversity measures including homes and highways through boundary fences for hedgehogs.
