Plans for more than 50 houses on a greenfield site in Niton have been put forward.
Outline plans have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council, on behalf of Tallulah Estates, for 54 houses in a wrap-around development, filling in agricultural land at Ladyacre Farm on Pan Lane.
Under planning policies, 35% of the development, or 19 dwellings in a mix of 1, 2, 3 and 4-bed properties, will be built as affordable homes. The remaining dwellings, as a mix of 35x 2, 3 and 4-bed houses will be regular market houses.
The final mix of housing, if approved, would be agreed separately, along with the scale, external appearance, layout, access and landscaping.
Previous plans for the site, which were not formally submitted but received pre-application advice from the council’s planning officers, had been to build up to 71 houses on the land but were reduced through different versions of the scheme.
Planning agent, acting for the development, Andrew White, said it was believed the amended and reduced approach “strikes an important balance of making efficient use of this site, already recognised as being suitable for housing purposes, while assimilating comfortably with the density and residential characteristics that define the surrounding area.”
Mr White says in planning documents, an integrated approach has been considered with the layout of the development, with higher density areas more central to the site with the more spacious plots towards the edge, leaving space for a wildlife corridor and eco buffer.
While a development of this scale will ‘clearly’ result in change, the impact of the change must be considered and balanced with the benefits of the development – providing houses, and affordable properties, in a sustainable location, when so few are available and with the Isle of Wight Council unable to meet government-set housing targets.
Proposed access to the site would be from a new junction, connecting to Newport Road, with pedestrian links built onto Pan Lane and Church Street.
You can view the application, 21/00793/OUT, by visiting the council’s planning register. Comments can be submitted until 6th August.
Could someone define what they mean by affordable? 35% will be “affordable” meaning 65% will no doubt be 2nd homes. Hardly going to help Island residents onto the property ladder.
Affordable Housing:
According to the UK government’s Definitions of general housing terms: Affordable housing is social rented, affordable rented and intermediate housing, provided to eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Eligibility is determined by local incomes and local house prices.
Hmmm, i don’t think that helps much to actually explain and define it. Too many variables.
The answer to the question is that under the current planning rules of the Isle of Wight Council 70% of the affordable housing needs to be rented housing at 80% of open market rents. The rest of the units can be sold either as shared ownership, starter homes or discount market sale units.
It might not be right (i.e. this might not be what people consider affordable housing to be) but the new councillors recently elected want the discount to be 40% and not 20% (i,e, rents at 60% of open market and sales at 60% of open market) and that is what is going to be consulted on in the new version of the replacement plan.
I hope this assists
sounds a great idea.a small island already full and loads undesirableables added each day already struggles….add more homes
. yep splendid …doctors,hospital,services,dentists all will struggle even more! we get crap services or non existent now ….faboulous
Tallulah Estates – environmental wreckers who do not care about the climate emergency
how many times do these idiots need telling before they finally get the hint – No housebuilding on greenfields.
the council will throw this out, as they have declared a climate emergency – that means no more developments that may impact the ability of the planet to remove CO2 from the atmosphere – every house that is built, removes trees and plant life that extracts CO2 and puts oxygen back in.
Presumably this housing is to support the huge demand for labour in the Niton area.
Say what you want about the tenets of Andrew White, at least it’s an ethos.
Albeit opportunistic and a self righteous one.
IF, to be built then the developer can pay for the road junction and make a large payment toward other infrastructure costs, section 106 agreement.
niton village cant cope at the moment the drainage system for sewage is often overloaded
into the river yar [southern water?] why build more
It’s time that no houses are built on the Island unless they are “affordable” or available for Island residents to rent. If people wish to move here, fair enough but they should have to buy an existing house. No houses to be built on green field sites and no more bloody supermarkets. Every new house that brings people to the Island effects us all, from added air pollution of extra cars and delivery vehicles, let alone all the traffic holdups. The Island infrastructure can only support a certain number of people and I think it’s reached its limit. As an add on, no house should be built unless it’s 100 % efficient or the closest it can get.
”Wildlife corridor” ”eco buffer”, as if those words are going to sell it to the locals, heard it all before. Get lost with your poxy house’s
So fed up of hearing the old argument of it doesn’t matter how many people want to come to live here as the Island is merely part of the UK. the clue as to why this cannot go on happening is in the word “ISLAND”! If these people have their way and the whole of the Island is concreted over and covered in buildings, there will still be people wanting even more houses built here. Where will they all go when there are no green spaces left anywhere? It is bad enough now. Overbuilt towns like Ryde with hardly any countryside left in walking distance for those of us who have to rely on our feet to get anywhere!