News New homes for pub site
The ongoing saga of outline plans to build four homes with associated parking on the site of an old public house in Swinefleet took a surprising U-turn last week when members of East Riding of Yorkshire Council's (ERYC) planning committee voted in favour of the proposal.
Meeting last Thursday, October 4, in Beverley, members of the planning committee heard that applicant Mrs M. Mayall had put forward plans to erect four homes in High Street, following the demolition of the existing George Hotel.
The general layout includes the development of three terraced properties fronting High Street, with a detached larger property onto Low Street.
Initially, the applicant indicated that two of the four properties would be made 'affordable housing', but this had since been amended to one property, which would be made available through a registered social landlord.
Meeting earlier this year, members of ERYC's western area planning committee were advised by planning officers that the application should be refused as the village was not considered to be a sustainable location for new development, and the homes would not meet an identified local need.
But the application was deferred to last week's full planning committee meeting after western area planning councillors voted unanimously in favour of the plans.
And last week - despite being advised by planning officers that the layout of these homes and their associated parking would result in a cramped appearance with, in particular, very small rear gardens to the terraced properties - members of the full planning committee agreed that the application should be approved.
Now the application has been deferred, awaiting the completion of a Section 106 Agreement to secure affordable housing, after which time, the application is due to be approved.
Paul Robinson, Howdenshire ward councillor for ERYC and member of the planning committee, this week told the Goole Times why councillors voted in favour of the application.
He said: "At last week's meeting, councillors agreed that Swinefleet is a sustainable community and our feeling was that the community should be allowed to grow at a reasonable rate, to allow young people to buy affordable houses in the area where they grew up."
Published on 11th October 2007 in News.
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