Councillors will decide whether to approve the layout of 74 homes at Kirton-in-Lindsey after a site visit.
A resident warned it will be “an isolated island of houses”. The site is off Ings Road, and there is already outline permission for development there, granted on appeal in 2021.
Three individuals, Strategic Land Group Ltd and Newett Homes Ltd are the applicants. North Lincolnshire Council‘s planning committee heard from nearby residents who had significant concerns about loss of privacy and the site’s design, including the location of a play area, known as a LEAP.
Read on below for more on what was said about the 74 homes application, and other recent planning decisions made in North Lincolnshire.
Kirton Lindsey 74 homes
The 74 homes application was previously 90 when it appeared before councillors in the summer. The applicants then requested deferral and have amended elements, including the number of homes.
There would be eight two-bed, 34 three-bed and 32 four-bed homes. Local resident Michael Orridge is a chartered surveyor and suggested “a site visit may assist you better” to councillors to understand the layout concerns he and others had. He said the designs would create a “lack of privacy between new and existing houses”, and was one of several speakers to express concern about the levels or height of the new builds. All would be two or two-and-a-half storey.
“Fundamentally, the LEAP is positioned in the wrong place,” he said of the play area. “The LEAP should be located much closer to the access onto Ings Road,” he said, concerned about potential for an unofficial cut-through via Lane End to the proposed site.
“This is a beautiful greenfield site,” resident Maggie Williams said, and viewed the application as “detrimental in terms of setting, scale, massing and design”.
“This development will be an isolated island of houses. There’s been really no attempt to create a neighbourhood.” She also had traffic concerns, warning residents will need a car, and will have to all turn left as the track right simply leads to a farm.
“Newett Homes is an award-winning housebuilder, striving to be an industry leader,” said a senior planner from the developer, who added the proposals had “a strong landscaping scheme”. Ridge Ward Cllr David Garritt acknowledged “recent improvements in the application details”, but still had concerns.
He called for soft landscaping on the field-side part of the site, to aid wildlife movements. He added it was “imperative that the final build scheme includes adequate drain mitigation without compromising existing homes”.
(Image: North Lincolnshire Council)
Fellow Ridge Ward Cllr Trevor Foster said, “It needs to go ahead in a proper manner that’s not offensive to the area, not offensive to the residents.” He suggested a resubmission.
Committee member Cllr Carol Ross said her concern particularly was around surface water drainage. A site visit was unanimously agreed.
Menage at Kirton
Staying in Kirton area, an application for an indoor menage was approved by councillors. The site is on the former RAF Kirton airfield.
Chartered planner George Smith spoke on behalf of the site’s owner. He stated the application was to replace an existing covered menage getting demolished due to the 220 homes development being built north at the former airfield.
There would be “no change in activity level or vehicle movement”. There was also “no commercial element” to the menage, with its use purely for the family. “The access is proposed on a short section with good vision in both directions,” he said of proposed new access to the B1398.
Cllr Garritt raised concern about the access onto the B1398 and the suitability of the proposed building for the use envisaged. The application had a recommended condition to provide a surface water drainage scheme. Picking up on this, committee member Cllr Max Bell had strong views about local flooding.
“If the situation around flooding there worsens, then I really do worry there about the safety of the residents.” He called on the Local Lead Flood Authority (LLFA) to heed concerns.
Aesthetic clinic in Messingham
Finally, approval has been given to an aesthetic clinic in Messingham High Street. Opal & Garnet Aesthetics offer the likes of wrinkle reduction and skincare.
The doctor-led aesthetics clinic has had a Messingham clinic based within a boutique on the High Street. The business now has permission for the change of use from a takeaway to an aesthetic business at 20 High Street. Its hours of operation are limited in the permission to between 8am and 6pm, Monday to Saturday.
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