Keepmoat resubmits plans for 99 homes in Colburn after refusal

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 12:32 · Archive

Keepmoat Homes has submitted new plans for 99 homes in Colburn, North Yorkshire, after its previous application for 102 homes was refused in February.

Keepmoat Homes has submitted new plans for 99 properties in Colburn on land north of Catterick Road, having been refused permission for 102 homes on the same site by North Yorkshire Council in February. The previous application was rejected for eight reasons, including concerns over design, highways safety, drainage, loss of trees, ecology and the provision of open space.

The developer says it has responded to these objections by revising the layout, changing the mix of properties, improving landscaping and making alterations to highways and drainage proposals. The revised scheme would provide 99 affordable homes comprising 70 properties for social rent and 29 for shared ownership. The development would include a mixture of one, two, three and four-bedroom properties, along with public open space, landscaping and pedestrian and cycle connections.

However, Councillor Kevin Foster, independent councillor for Hipswell and Colburn, believes fundamental concerns remain unchanged. He said the development is in open countryside outside development limits and that planning decisions must mean something. Foster argued that developers should not assume submitting a revised application will make original concerns disappear.

How it is being reported

• New plans submitted for 99 homes in North Yorkshire town after previous refusalNew plans for almost 100 homes in Colburn have been submitted, with the developer insisting it has made substantial changes to address concerns raised over a previous application.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 15 Oct, 12:00
• New plans submitted for 99 homes in North Yorkshire town after previous refusalNew plans for almost 100 homes in Colburn have been submitted, with the developer insisting it has made substantial changes to address concerns raised over a previous application.The Press (York) · 15 Oct, 12:00

In this story: Keepmoat Homes · Colburn · North Yorkshire Council · Kevin Foster · Catterick Road · North Yorkshire

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