New homes could be built on a former allotment site in Lancashire.
Taylor Developments has proposed the construction of 18 houses and 10 duplex apartments on a 1.35 acre plot along Liverpool Road, Padiham.
The preliminary proposal – the second for this plot – will be discussed by Burnley Council's development control committee on Thursday.
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A planning officer's report suggests that the development should be approved, subject to 22 conditions and a financial contribution towards highways, including upgrading the traffic light-controlled junction on Liverpool Road and open space.
The report also stipulates that the developer must agree to include three affordable homes in the new housing scheme.
This recommendation is made despite eight objections from local residents on grounds including access issues onto Liverpool Road due to the proximity of a neighbouring school; increased traffic; loss of green space; impact on bats and valuable wildlife habitat; increased air pollution from additional cars; noise pollution from new houses; overdevelopment of the site; and lack of local services.
The report states: "The application relates to an undeveloped piece of land, historically used as allotments, of approximately 1,35 acres, which is located within Padiham.
"The applicant has applied for outline permission with all matters reserved for up to 18 dwellings and 10 duplex apartments with associated works.
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"Although the applicant has provided indicative plans of a development, as all matters are reserved this application can only consider the amount of development proposed and not its access, scale, appearance, layout or landscaping which would be considered as part of a subsequent reserved matters application if this application were to be approved.
"Concerns were also raised in a number of responses that the scheme was a resubmission of a scheme refused by the local planning authority and dismissed by the Planning Inspectorate.
"It should be noted that whilst the application was dismissed by the Inspector this did not relate to the council's reason for refusal and was because the applicant did not provide a S106 agreement to secure policy compliant contributions.
"In paragraph 11 of the Inspector's report he found that the proposal, being residential development, could be appropriate for the site and its surroundings. This is a material planning consideration which must be taken account of in any decision.
"The application proposes a residential scheme which would be compatible with the mixture of residential and commercial uses within the surrounding area."
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