A development for more houses along Noke Common has been rejected by the Isle of Wight Council.
The application, submitted by Noke Common Dairy, would demolish the outbuildings, barns and storage units to build 9 houses — but has now been rejected by the council’s planning department.
Previously, permission was granted in April 2018 for 6 on the same site.
Adding 3 more houses to the development, planning agents said in a design and access statement the applicant was aware of the substantial undersupply of new housing across the Island and has identified the opportunity of making more efficient use of the site.
The outline plans asked for 7x 3-bed chalet bungalows and 2x 4-bedroom houses arranged in a courtyard style, each with parking spaces and other landscaping features.
However, 1 public comment said the development, in a rural area, would be a desecration of arable land, and the local infrastructure was already stretched to breaking point.
Planning officers had three reasons for rejecting the proposal, including adding increased recreational pressure and the proposal being contrary to the aims of the affordable housing policy.
It also concluded the layout and scale would be visually intrusive and have an adverse impact on visual amenities and the character of the area.
The applicants have 28 days, or until 11th June , to appeal the decision.
Another example of someone not caring about the environment and only interested in lining their own pockets, with more houses, more pollution, more people, more waste, less green space, less trees to soak up C02.
Adding 3 more houses to the development, planning agents said in a design and access statement the applicant was aware of the substantial undersupply of new housing across the Island and has identified the opportunity of making MORE MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
What a joke. The ‘lack of infrastructure and destruction of arable land’ never stopped the permission, DESPITE Ryde town council’s refusal to give permission, by the main council to build well over a thousand homes in Ryde.
Seems the larger the project, and the more money there is available, the louder the thank you to receptive ears of the council planning members is then heard.
Maybe changing the developer would put the project back in the ‘Pink’?
Good. Now fight the appeal
Got to keep the house prices high. Building more will drive the price down and make them affordable for the younger generation. Can’t have that now can we……….