Plans for more than 50 houses on a greenfield site in Niton have been put forward.
Outline plans have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council, on behalf of Tallulah Estates, for 54 houses in a wrap-around development, filling in agricultural land at Ladyacre Farm on Pan Lane.
Under planning policies, 35 per cent of the development, or 19 dwellings in a mix of one, two, three and four-bed properties, will be built as affordable homes.
The remaining dwellings, as a mix of 35 two, three and four-bed houses will be regular market houses.
The final mix of housing, if approved, would be agreed separately, along with the scale, external appearance, layout, access and landscaping.
Previous plans for the site, which were not formally submitted but received pre-application advice from the council’s planning officers, had been to build up to 71 houses on the land but were reduced through different versions of the scheme.
Planning agent, acting for the development, Andrew White, said it was believed the amended and reduced approach “strikes an important balance of making efficient use of this site, already recognised as being suitable for housing purposes, while assimilating comfortably with the density and residential characteristics that define the surrounding area.”
Mr White says in planning documents, an integrated approach has been considered with the layout of the development, with higher density areas more central to the site with the more spacious plots towards the edge, leaving space for a wildlife corridor and eco buffer.
While a development of this scale will ‘clearly’ result in change, the impact of the change must be considered and balanced with the benefits of the development – providing houses, and affordable properties, in a sustainable location, when so few are available and with the Isle of Wight Council unable to meet government-set housing targets.
Proposed access to the site would be from a new junction, connecting to Newport Road, with pedestrian links built onto Pan Lane and Church Street.
You can view the application, 21/00793/OUT, by visiting the council’s planning register. Comments can be submitted until August 6.
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