Could it be 2nd time lucky for a housing scheme in Gunville which was thrown out last year? The Isle of Wight Council’s planning committee will decide the future of 149 homes next week in an infill development on the edge of Gunville.
The 2 applications, submitted by DN Associates, were first considered in August last year but thrown out due to inadequate access and significant adverse effects on the capacity of the local highway. 1 set of plans is for 36 homes and the other, outline plans for 113, built on land off of Arthur Moody Drive and Forest Hills.
Revised plans were submitted in April which sought to address concerns and included a third access point through the neighbouring Ash Lane development and use updated transport data. The new access on Ash Lane is presumed to divert 12% of the predicted traffic, council officers say.
Objections were still received by 82 people over the 2 applications.
Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council, Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely and Councillor Joe Lever were among those who objected, with Cllr Lever saying the revisions have not overcome the previous reasons for refusal.
Isle of Wight Council officers have recommended on balance, conditional permission be granted to the application, although councillors will make the final decision on Tuesday (25th October) and have, when considering this development, previously gone against the officers’ recommendation.
Council officers say the proposed development would provide much-needed housing within an existing residential development and is not an overdevelopment of the site.
Overall while the scheme would result in increased traffic onto the local highway, subject to the appropriate mitigation, officers have said it is not considered it would result in an unacceptable impact on highway safety. A loss of existing on-street parking, through the introduction of double yellow lines, can also be suitably mitigated, they say, as the developer can be told to add public spaces that make up for the loss.
The potential impact on the Waverley roundabout at the top of Carisbrooke High Street had been raised as an issue but the new traffic data, which has shown a decline in traffic movements since 2016 data, shows the junction operating within its capacity.
It would not give rise to a sustainable, standalone reason for refusal the council says but it cannot be guaranteed traffic volumes would not return to normal.
Island Roads has also recommended pedestrian accessibility improvements are made between the site, Broadwood Lane and Gunville Road.
Most housing developments get refused first time around so that the local Councillors can say that they objected. Then hey presto they go through on appeal!
Of course it will get the go ahead !!!! More council tax = more in their pension pot’s…..
Never mind the infrastructure…..
Dr’s ,Dentists ,social care , our 1 Hospital bed blocking etc etc ….
They are a law unto themselves !!!!!!
Council officers say the proposed development would provide much-needed housing
no councillors -you need to remove the benefit spongers that have moved here and get rid of 2nd home ownership and airbnb -then there won’t be a housing issue
stop building on greenfields – environment wreckers
Ok so 149 houses, most people got 2 cars nowadays so that 298 parking spaces + say 20% visitor spaces so 350ish needed. What do you reckon they’ll do…maybe 50 ?
In 12 months time they will put in double yellow lines because the roads haven’t been designed wide enough as in East Cowes
The councillors may well vote against it, but it will most probably pass if they lodge an appeal as WE DO NOT HAVE AN ISLAND PLAN. How many more times do I have to say this before certain councillors stop delaying the Island plan because they want to protect their little bit of the Island and throw the rest of us under the bus. There will be more applications like this coming soon just watch thus space.
Not one more house should be built until we have a hospital which can cope with the present number of patients!
One million new visas handed out last year to people mainly from the third world, almost all of them will never contribute anywhere near what they will take out, but we will have to house them, take care of their health and education and provide them with colossal amounts of benefits to either supplement their minimum wage jobs or cover the costs of the families they bring in- arguing about 2nd homes is an irrelevant distraction when Westminster and Whitehall are importing 7 times the whole population of the Isle of Wight annually – they, or the people they displace, have to live somewhere