73 homes at Land South, Main Street, Calverton

What was proposed

Reserved matters were sought for 73 dwellings, covering layout, scale, landscaping and appearance under an existing outline permission.

“The application is a reserved matters approval made pursuant to outline permission 2018/0360. At the outline stage access was committed and identifies that the primary vehicular access would be to the centre of the site and from Main Road. As a result, the matters under consideration as part of this application are layout, appearance, scale and landscaping.”

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The site

The 3.07-hectare site is vacant grassland with a woodland copse, mature hedgerows and three protected oak trees near existing homes and open land.

“The site consists of an area of vacant grassland and a small woodland copse located to the west end of the village of Calverton. The northern site boundary is shared with Main Street and several existing dwellings, the eastern site boundary is shared with residential properties on West End and Long West Croft, the southern boundary is shared with open land, with a public footpath in close proximity to it and the western boundary is shared with Hollinwood Lane.”

“There are no significant differences in ground level across the site however it is noted that the site level is higher than that of the existing properties on Main Street, West End and Long West Croft. Mature hedgerow is the predominant boundary treatment with a field gate from Main Street.”

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Earlier planning permission

Outline permission for up to 79 dwellings was granted after committee consideration and completion of a Section 106 legal agreement.

“2018/0360 – ‘Outline planning application for up to 79 No. dwellings with all matters reserved except access’ was considered at the Planning Committee of 27th March 2019 with the permission granted on the 7th April 2021, following the completion of a Section 106 Legal Agreement.”

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Officers’ recommendation

Officers recommended approval because the principle was established and the amended scheme was considered acceptable in layout, scale, appearance, landscaping and residential amenity.

“All of the properties, save for one bungalow, are to be two-storey in scale. The housing mix in the area is predominately bungalows on West End, a number of which are dormer-bungalows, with some more conventional two- storey properties facing on to Main Street. Given the mixed scale of properties in the area, a development made up of pre-dominantly two-storey properties is considered to be acceptable.”

“The principle of the development has been established through the grant of the outline permission and allocation of the land for residential purposes. The matters for consideration at this stage are layout, appearance, scale and landscaping. The layout as proposed would respect the character of the area with requisite public open space.”

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Consultation responses

Highways and forestry officers raised no objection subject to conditions, the parish council had no objection, and the Lead Local Flood Authority objected over missing information.

“Nottinghamshire County Council – Lead Local Flood Authority – Object to the application on the grounds of a lack of information having been submitted.”

“Nottinghamshire County Council Highways – following receipt of additional information, raise no objection to the application, subject to conditions.”

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Who spoke

The Development Manager presented the application.

The committee’s decision

The committee granted reserved matters approval subject to six conditions covering plans, materials, driveways, tree protection, landscaping and boundary treatments.

“Grant reserved matter approval subject to the conditions outlined below…”

“No part of the development shall be brought into use until details of all the boundary treatments proposed for the site including types, height, design and materials, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The approved boundary treatment for each individual plot on site shall be implemented prior to the occupation of each individual dwelling and shall then be retained in full for a minimum period of 5 years.”

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