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Search the Public Notice PortalPlans for 90 new homes in Newport have been thrown out by Uttlesford District Council, sparking an appeal by the developer.
The council refused the plans for the development, which also included affordable housing and land reserved for future community use and public open space at land north of Wicken Road and West of School Lane, Newport. The developer is Gladman Developments Limited.
This is the second time plans for the site have been submitted and refused, and the decision has been appealed, both by the same developer.
The council raised various concerns about the most recent proposal, including "a harmful impact upon the rural character and appearance of the area".
In the decision letter, the council said: "The proposal would introduce a sizeable new development to an area of open countryside.
"The proposal would significantly harm the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside, resulting in landscape and visual effects from a number of publicly accessible viewpoints, and failing to perform the environmental role of sustainability.
"The proposals lack supporting details, specifically information on the character, massing, scale and design of the dwellings and the new community facility in order to provide the ability to fully assess the acceptability of the location of the development and its likely impacts."
A design and access statement, dated November 2024, which was submitted in support of the plans, states: "The vision for the site is to create a sensitively designed and high-quality new neighbourhood of up to 90 new homes that maximises the opportunities for integration with the existing settlement edge of Newport.
"The proposals also allow for the provision of land for a new community facility, a new community orchard, woodland planting, and further contributions to biodiversity net gain.
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"The design will draw on Newport’s and Uttlesford’s local character and provide the right combination of attractively landscaped areas and open space to create a distinctive sense of place for this edge of settlement development."
A planning application for up to 74 dwellings was submitted on the site in April 2018. In September 2018, Uttlesford Council’s planning committee refused the application.
The decision was appealed, and the appeal was subsequently dismissed in December 2019 following a public inquiry.
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