42 new homes to be built north of Gloucester
They will be built in Ashleworth.
Plans to build 42 homes in rural Gloucestershire have been given the go-ahead.
Redcliffe Homes Ltd has been granted permission by Tewkesbury Borough Council to develop land off Rectory Close in Ashleworth, north of Gloucester.
The developers were given outline planning permission in March this year to build the new housing estate, 40 per cent of which would be affordable homes.
The applicant has now been granted permission for the site’s access, appearance, layout, scale and landscaping.
The site is immediately next to the recently completed housing development at Rectory Close which is accessed from Nup End.
The development site is part of an agricultural field and is currently accessed thorough Rectory Close via an existing farm track.
A public right of way runs through the eastern part of the site beyond which are several existing dwellings and a sheet metal fabrication business within the village.
Council officers said the reserved matters scheme would provide 42 homes which will be broadly laid out in the shape of a horseshoe which will connect to the eastern and western end of Rectory Close.
The proposal also provides an area of public open space to the south eastern corner of the site along with an attenuation basin and landscaping throughout the site.
The council report says the existing public right of way would have to be re-routed through the site if the scheme is approved and this is subject of a separate application.
Council officers recommended granting permission and councillors today approved the scheme.