Keresley greenbelt homes plan submitted

[rebbonk]

Being crafty as usual.

Sadly Melisandre, being sly and underhand is now normal. Led from the very top, just look at the shower in Parliament: I wouldn't trust most of them to lie straight in bed.

[Melisandre]

Being crafty as usual.

Sadly Melisandre, being sly and underhand is now normal. Led from the very top, just look at the shower in Parliament: I wouldn't trust most of them to lie straight in bed.

Its been like it for decades Rebbonk if you have nt lived like I have you never notice even the ones in parliament it s because parliament get to be viewed now live by tv and people can hear what really is said and what goes on that the deceit gets notice more now than ever same with the Royal family.

[dutchman]

Plans for almost 400 homes on former green belt in Keresley submitted



Plans for a further 397 homes on former-green belt land in Keresley have been submitted.

Land bounded by Hall Brook, Bennetts Road South, Sandpits Lane and Tamworth Road was granted outline permission for up to 800 homes and a school in 2018.

It forms part of a wider plan for 3,100 homes in Keresley under the council’s Local Plan.

Developer Taylor Wimpey had phase one of the 800 homes scheme for 322 homes on land next to Tamworth Road given reserved matters approval in November 2019.

They have now returned with a phase two reserved matters application for a further 397 homes.

In planning statements submitted to the city council, they have said it amounts to a “high quality development” and meets the need for family homes.

“This site has always been predicated on meeting the need for new family accommodation on the edge of the city,” they said.

Ward councillor Glenn Williams said: “This latest application is a further attempt to turn Keresley from a rural area to one that is surrounded by characterless boxes, inappropriate in the surroundings of historic Keresley.

“It is the second part of the 800 houses that Taylor Wimpy want to build, but they haven’t started building any of the first phase yet.

“A school is promised in the third phase but I guarantee it will never be built.

“The entrance to the proposal is on a blind bend, yet I’m sure that highways will find no issue there. Total madness.”

A consultation runs until November 30 with a decision expected in mid-January next year.

[Melisandre]

I agree with Glenn Williams and how many of these homes will be affordable housing or one bed bungalows for disabled and oaps as they keep saying there are more of them than the ordinary person.
It must be the land which a group of councilors bought up and kept hold of it until the right price from developers was offered as I was informed some years back.

[rebbonk]

"Buy land, they're not making it anymore" - Mark Twain.

Good advice. If you sit on it long enough someone will want to buy it for development.

[dutchman]

Detailed plans for 40 new homes in Keresley



Detailed plans have been submitted for 40 new homes on former green belt in Keresley.

Outline planning approval for homes on a 1.55 hectare site on Rookery Farm, Watery Lane, was granted by Coventry City Council officers in March 2020.

Further details outlining the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the scheme have now been submitted as part of a new reserved matters application.

The layout includes 12 three-bed and 18 four-bed market homes, alongside 25 per cent affordable homes split between five two-beds and five three-beds.

Bellway Homes has been chosen as the developer behind the project.

In planning statements, Bellway said: “The development will assist in delivery the strategic housing allocation in accordance with the identified trajectory and boost the city’s housing delivery.

“The site offers a suitable location for additional housing and the planning application submission confirms that a sustainable development can be provided on site that accords with government guidance.

“A high-quality residential development is proposed on site.”

The plan includes access from Watery Lane, which was approved last year.

The 1.55 hectare site also includes 0.27ha of public open space (17.5 per cent).

All but the smaller-sized homes will be provided garages with at least two parking spaces for each property, while each house will also have electric charging points and cycle parking.

The site forms part of the wider Keresley Sustainable Urban Expansion area, which has been set aside for 3,100 homes.

[dutchman]

More homes approved on former green belt in Coventry



More homes will be built on former green belt land in Coventry.

Outline planning permission has been approved by council officers this month on land east of Watery Lane, in Keresley.

The land – previously used to graze horses, was in the green belt until it was removed as part of the council’s Local Plan in 2017.

Plans will create up to 17 homes, however the final layout for the development is to be determined in a subsequent reserved matters application.

Indicative plans by applicant Thierre and Hugh Jones also propose a new access road off Watery Lane.

The plan did lead to an initial objection from Coventry’s highways department over concerns it would impact the delivery of the proposed Keresley Link Road, which will serve 3,100 homes in the wider Keresley Sustainable Urban Extension.

However concerns were subsequently dropped with planning officer Nigel Smith stating: “The application was held up for a year until it was decided that the Keresley link road will not use the existing alignment of Watery Lane. Instead it will cross land to the south.

“This means that the proposal shall not prejudice its delivery. The Highway authority is also satisfied that the access could double up as a turning facility when Watery Lane is turned into a cul-de-sac by the link road.”

Access was also deemed “safe” subject to the provision of ‘build-out’ traffic calming, which will extend one side of the footway to narrow the road.

The speed limit on the eastbound side of Watery Lane is also planned to reduce from 60mph to 30mph.

[dutchman]

Hundreds of homes to be built on former Coventry green belt



Over 500 homes will be built on former green belt land in Coventry despite concerns from locals.

Outline schemes for 290 and 260 homes in Keresley got the green light from councillors at Planning Committee yesterday (23 February.)

The new dwellings will go on three parcels of land off Bennetts Road which were allocated for housing by the council in 2017.

But the plans were opposed by dozens of local residents, a ward councillor and Keresley Parish Council.

Objectors raised concerns over the impact on wildlife, traffic and local services.

Some also said the decision should wait until the Local Plan is revised, after census figures suggested Coventry's housing need has been over-estimated.

Local resident Merle Gering told the meeting: "Why should you save the green belt and green fields?

"Just a couple reason: for biodiversity and wildlife, flood control, recreation, health, exercise, for carbon sequestration.

"I promise you that fields and ancient hedgerows sequester a whole lot more carbon than bricks and driveways.

"It is the green lungs of the city. It does matter."

But a council officer said housing numbers in the Local Plan balance out because need in other authorities in the same market were under-estimated.

On traffic and ecology, contributions to mitigation will be secured through a Section 106 agreement or further details which will go to the Committee later.

Asked about the 290 homes, a Coventry City Council legal adviser said there would likely be an appeal if it was rejected, with potentially heavy costs against the council.

Both schemes were brought forward by Richborough Estates and The Queen's College (Oxford.)

Officers recommended them for approval and a majority of councillors on the Committee voted the developments through.

[dutchman]

Both schemes were brought forward by Richborough Estates and The Queen's College (Oxford.)

Why is an educational establishment being allowed to use its tax-free status to speculate in property investment?

[rebbonk]

Why is an educational establishment being allowed to use its tax-free status to speculate in property investment?

A few years back, myself and a few friends did an investigation into property owned by some Oxford Universities. You'd be surprised just what they did own! - And how much.