60 home plan for fields next to Clitheroe primary school
An estate of 60 new homes could be built on land next to a Lancashire primary school - if plans are given the green light.
Land next to a Lancashire primary school could soon be turned into a 60-home housing estate.
Bamber Bridge-based Applethwaite Ltd, which is part of the Eric Wright Group, has applied for full planning permission for land off Higher Standen Drive, Clitheroe, next to Ribblesdale Primary School.
The site forms part of the Higher Standen Farm strategic allocation.
The proposed development scheme seeks to provide 60 new ‘high quality family homes’ comprising a mix of homes ranging from one to five bedrooms. These would be presented in detached, semi-detached, terraced and apartment properties.
The homes would all be two storeys in height, with Applethwaite’s agent claiming: “the scale of the proposed buildings are considered appropriate to the local context and topography of the site and existing development.”
Older people and affordable homes
Fifteen per cent of the units would be for older people. Within this 15 per cent figure, half would be affordable and be included within the overall affordable housing threshold of 30 per cent.
Applethwaite say the design “would be of a high standard which takes account of the local context” and the development overall “would be sympathetic to the existing and proposed land uses in terms of its scale (and) density”.
Access
Vehicular access would be taken from Higher Standen Drive with potential pedestrian connections allowing for easy access to local bus stops and amenities.
Applethwaite say there would be no impacts on the amenities of local people or the new school next door.
A decision will be made in coming weeks by Ribble Valley Borough Council.
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