Plans for 19 houses given thumbs up

Plans to build 19 detached houses to the west of Shawclough Road have been approved.

The plans were refused by Councillors in April 2010; however, the applicant appealed and was successful, the plans were submitted to Council once again last night (7 June).
The access into the site will be from Shawclough Road, between 331 and 333
Shawclough Road. The development will form a cul-de-sac through the centre of the site. The site access carriageway would be 5.5m wide with 2m wide footways and it would achieve visibility of 2.4m x 90m in both directions on Shawclough Road.

The dwellings will lie either side of the access road and 13 of them would lie adjacent to the boundary with Campion Way. The other dwellings would be along the northern boundary of the site, adjacent to the gardens of 333 and 335 Shawclough Road, 7 and 9 The Harridge and 55, 56 and 58 Harridge Avenue.

The layout of the development is traditional in that the majority of the properties would have large front and rear gardens with in-curtilage driveways. The front elevations of the dwellings would overlook the proposed access road and they would be two storeys high.

Two letters of objection were received by the council issues raised include worries about water pollution, invasion of privacy, and noise pollution from the traffic that would be produced.

A report presented to Councillors concluded: “The proposed development creates a satisfactory residential environment in a sustainable location and there would be no serious loss of privacy or overlooking for neighbouring properties.

“The parking arrangements are appropriate to the type and size of the dwelling houses and the access arrangements are satisfactory.

“It is considered that the additional movements associated with the proposal, would have no significant impact on highway safety and the free flow of traffic on Shawclough Road.

“Any land contamination issues can be effectively mitigated to ensure there would be no harm to human health and through the use of appropriate planning conditions the proposal would not contribute to increased flood risk or pose an unacceptable risk to surface water and ground water quality.”