A new housing development has been proposed on the outskirts of Newport.
Weymouth-based company Betterment Properties have submitted plans for 46 homes — one-bed flats and two, three or four-bed houses — on Buckbury Lane, next to the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
46 only a rough figure
The official number of homes, however, has not been decided and 46 is only a rough figure put to the Isle of Wight council to demonstrate how the site could be used.
If 46 properties were built, a third — or 16 one-bed flats — would be affordable.
Outline plans
Outline plans have been submitted for the site, off Long Lane, only seeking permission for access to the site and whether a residential development would be acceptable in that location.
Other matters considered necessary by planners, including the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale, would all be determined through a later application.
Agent: Site ‘suitable, available and deliverable’ for new housing
Planning agent, BCM, on behalf of Betterment Properties, said in documents the site is ‘suitable, available and deliverable’ for new housing.
It also said it would not have a negative impact on existing residential amenities, trees, ecology, highways or foul and surface water drainage infrastructure.
View the plans
You can view the application, 22/02032/OUT, on the council’s planning register.
The public consultation runs until 16th December.
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