Developers behind an Isle of Wight housing scheme — which has so far been halted over a dispute about yellow lines — are looking to make changes.
Nearly 20 months after it was approved, Tallulah Estates is looking to push through the 44-home Birch Close development in Freshwater.
Argument over double yellow lines
They are arguing they don’t need double yellow lines installed on Birch Close, but Island Roads says they do to ensure road safety and unimpeded access to the development.
It comes after the Isle of Wight council’s cabinet introduced a new policy last year and threw out the parking orders, which meant the double yellow lines could not be installed.
Call for condition to be removed
The conditional planning permission granted for the development required double yellow lines to be agreed before building work could start and stopped people living in the new properties if they were not installed.
To allow the development to progress, Tallulah Estates is asking the council to remove the necessity for the parking restrictions.
Tallulah: Never any need for parking restrictions
In planning documents submitted to the authority, the developers say there was never any need for parking restrictions on Birch Close.
They carried out a survey and found the “demand for on-street parking in the area was low” and other highway proposals like installing a raised tabletop (speed restriction) and narrowing the entrance road would reinforce the low-speed environment.
Objection from Island Roads
Island Roads has objected to the application saying the highway measures are still essential and without them, the development would not have safe and suitable access.
View the plans
You can view the application, 23/00624/RVC, on the council’s planning portal. The public consultation runs until 16th May.
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