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59 homes could be built across a Notts town

Up to 59 homes could be built on three vacant sites across a Nottinghamshire town.

If plans are given the go-ahead by Mansfield District Council’s planning committee, homes could be built on Westfield Lane, Colston Road and Sherwood Close.

Three separate planning applications were submitted to the council this month for a mix of houses, apartments and bungalows.

All sites are within a five-mile radius of each other.

Plans for the Westfield Lane site were submitted by Munkbridge Homes Ltd. The company wants to build 14 bungalows on the former care home site, which was demolished some months ago.

The planning application submitted by the developer states: “This development should have no detrimental impact on the existing neighbouring properties.

“More than adequate parking is provided within the site and it is hoped that this is satisfactory in terms of layout, scale and appearance and a satisfactory residential environment.”

The application for the site includes plans for 28 car parking spaces.

At the Colston Road site, which is described as a brownfield site, developer Urban Plus Ltd has applied for permission to build six one-bed and six two-bed apartments.

The planning application submitted to the council states: “The area currently suffers from new quality investment, this is evident in the existing housing stock in the locale.

“The development will provide area regeneration, employment from construction work during the development.

“The proposal will result in the delivery of high quality residential development in a sustainable brown field location.”

Gleeson Homes wants to build 33 two and three bedroom homes on land off Sherwood Close.

If it’s given the go-ahead, 11 of the homes would have two bedrooms, and the remaining 22 would have three bedrooms.

The site was used as allotment gardens up until 2016, and has now been stood empty for some months.

The developer said this area has become a “fly-tipping” hot spot, and believed the homes would get rid of this issue.

Forty car park spaces are also planned as part of this application.

Source: Nottingham Post

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Sunderland social club could be demolished to make way for housing

A Sunderland social club could soon be a thing of the past if plans to demolish it and build new housing get the green light.

Proposals have been submitted to Sunderland City Council to bring down the single storey Farringdon Social Club, which is in Anthony Road.

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Farringdon Social Club redevelopment of residential accommodation plans

Agent TTS Planning Consultants has said that if permission for the move is granted, residential accommodation will be built in its place, although there are no concrete plans for what type of housing would be created at this stage.

The application reads: “The application site is currently a social club and therefore the proposal for residential accommodation would be the development of brownfield land.

“The site is also within a highly sustainable location being within short walking distance to shops, services and public facilities. “Farringdon Primary School is directly north of the site with St David’s Church immediately to the west.

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“There are a number of shops and facilities on Ashdown Road to the south of the site, which includes a Post Office, The Dolphin public house and Gills Golden Fry fish and chip shop. “There is also access to good public transport links with bus stops on Ashdown Road and Allendale Road which are a short walk from the application site.”

The time of accommodation which could be built on the land should the club be demolished is not specified in the plans. The application added: “A proposed layout for a residential scheme would very much depend on the type of development which would eventually be brought forward.

“It is considered necessary that a strong frontage is created along the main highway of Anthony Road. “Therefore it would be suggested that whether apartment blocks or individual houses/bungalows are brought forward, the built form would be built up to the main road, creating parking and garden/amenity areas to the rear of the site.

“It is considered that a suitable residential layout can be delivered which would offer a strong built form in the Farringdon area.” The application adds that a residential scheme would create an improvements in terms of an environmental impact on the surrounding area, with less noise if the social club was demolished.

No-one from Farringdon Social Club or TTS Planning Consultants could be contacted for comment. The application, which can be viewed on Sunderland City Council’s planning portal, is set to be decided on by February 13.

Source: Sunderland Echo

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New plans to build apartments on old brewery site revealed

The latest stage of plans which could see hundreds of homes built at a former old brewery have been unveiled – with 18 new apartments planned for the site.

An application has been submitted to Broxtowe Borough Council‘s planning department by developer Fairgrove Homes.

The company wants to build the new apartments as part of a wider project to redevelop the site of the old Hardys and Hansons brewery, off Harvey Road, Kimberley.

The former brewery was sold to Greene King in 2006, but it was abandoned five years later and was left to fall into disrepair.

It has since been split into a number of smaller development plots and sold to developers, who could eventually build up to 350 homes on the site.

Another application was submitted to the council in October. This sought permission to build 14 new townhouses in the brewery yard.

Originally the plan was to build a three-storey apartment block of 24 one bed rooms. This was approved in 2015.

But the developers chose to instead revise the plans after some opposition from the public, and the plans were re-submitted to seek permission to instead build townhouses, with the company saying it felt there was “more of a need for family homes”.

Chairman of the Kimberley Chinemarelian Historical Society and Kimberley Town Councillor Roy Plumb, 76, welcomed new of the latest planning application.

He said: “This will make the Kimberley area a lot more attractive for people. It is certainly one of the biggest developments we have had since the Victorian-period.

“Of course it would have been great to keep the brewery, but it couldn’t happend. A mixed residential development was the only viable option.

“The developer is keen to retain the heritage of the site, and is forward-thinking with this. The homes will be in-keeping with the site itself.

“It will develop the site into a 21st century living space, and it won’t look out of place for the area.”

The latest application, submitted in December, seeks permission to develop 18 two-bed apartments in the already existing Grade II listed maltings building.

Planning documents submitted by the developer state: “The alterations to the existing building externally are very little and barely constitute development. They will be very minor and will barely impact on the character or appearance of the area.

“The condition of the building is deteriorating rapidly since the closure of the brewery some plus 10 years ago.

“They [the apartments] will enable the building to be put back into viable usage in the long term, and will bring substantial improvements to the area long-term.”

A final planning decision on both this latest application and the one submitted in October has yet to be made by the borough council’s planning committee.

The brewery was originally opened in 1832 and was the major employer in the town with over 200 employees.

Many of the buildings are from the 1850s and 1860s, although over the years new buildings and warehouses have been continually added.

Fairgrove Homes is already developing 23 new-build homes and four conversions on the another part of the site, including 10 detached houses.

Source: Nottingham Post

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UK housebuilders fall after ban on new home leaseholds

Shares in UK housebuilders fell on Thursday after the government banned the sale of new homes on a leasehold basis, starting immediately.

The government said new ground rents would be set at zero as it aimed to end “feudal practices” in Britain’s residential construction industry.

Leaseholds are traditionally applied to flats and apartment blocks where the upkeep of shared spaces is maintained by the building’s leaseholder, who charges residents a “ground rent” to pay for this maintenance.

Single-occupier ground rent

But more recently, some housebuilders have applied such charges to new, single-occupier builds for the permission to make changes to the property. It is this practice that the government aims to stop with the new rules.

Sajid Javid, communities secretary, said: “It’s unacceptable for home buyers to be exploited through unnecessary leaseholds, unjustifiable charges and onerous ground rent terms.”

McCarthy & Stone tumbles

The government estimates that about 1.4 million households across England are on leaseholds, up from 1.2 million in 2015.

The announcement hit shares across the sector. Worst hit was retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone, whose chief executive Clive Fenton (left) criticised the government’s actions.

He said: “The proposal to set all ground rents to zero will result in a disruption of housing supply and contradicts the government’s stated objective of seeking new sources of housing.”

The company had expected to generate nearly £33m in profits from freehold reversion sales in 2018. Shares in McCarthy & Stone tumbled 10.59% to 152p in the first hour of trade on the London Stock Exchange.

Other market reaction

Other housebuilders were also lower. Persimmon lost 1.14% to £26.91, while Barratt Developments shed 1.01% to 636.5p, Taylor Wimpey fell 0.82% to 204.3p and Berkeley Group slid 1.67% to £41.39.

Source: Capital.com