Redevelopment plans for a factory in Binstead are back on the table.
A series of planning applications dating back to 2014 saw the Clark Masts factory on Ringwood Road marked up for major development. It would have seen part of the factory demolished to make way for 20 houses.
Planning permission has expired, however, and with some questions over previous consents, new plans have been unveiled while the other applications are determined.
In an application to the Isle of Wight Council, Evergreen Holdings Ltd — the company behind Clark Masts — is seeking permission to demolish part of the existing factory, where 8 houses will be built, and add a smaller, second factory building.
Documents submitted with the application show no jobs would be lost through the redevelopment. There are currently 50 full-time and one part-time employees.
The new factory building will have updated and modern facilities, according to planning agents BCM on behalf of the company, and continue to provide commercial floorspace.
Slight alterations have been made to the plans that were previously approved in a bid to make the housing more attractive to buyers, according to BCM.
The houses built on the brownfield land would be 2-bed properties, meeting the Island’s needs for housing for small families and couples.
The positioning, scale and mass would not harm any existing or future residents’ amenity in terms of privacy, outlook or disturbance, say BCM.
While no affordable housing is proposed on-site, the developers are willing to provide a financial contribution towards its provision elsewhere.
To view the application, 21/02489/FUL, you can visit the council’s planning register. Comments can be submitted until 26th April.
Why not concrete over the entire island and be done with it – idiots keep on wanting to build more and more hutches on an island that is small and has an ever decreasing amount of space left.
86% of the Island is undeveloped. Building 8 houses on a site that is already built on isn’t going to change anything. New housing accessible to Islanders is great news!
should make them all affordable housing if they cant do it turn down the Planning permission the developers are willing to provide a financial contribution towards its provision elsewhere yes and we all know where that money will go brown envelopes comes to mind
Good old brown fields. Fill it up, get rid of all the factories. Who needs a job??
Oh great another 8 here !!!
Read planning applications!
9 and 5 odd 1 here and there …
Just how do these planners expect the whole island infrastructure to cope with all the extra strain???????
As said many times before the concrete jungle jigsaw is getting closer ….
Still won’t have to worry about tourism!!!!
No 1 will won’t to come here to see the rabbit/ guinea pig hutches!!!!!!!!
Then what will happen????
Think the council will be OK though all that extra council tax adding to their pension pot !!!!!!!