Plans for 42 new homes near Gloucester

Plans to build 42 homes in rural Gloucestershire are set to be given the final go-ahead next week.

Redcliffe Homes Ltd wants to develop on land off Rectory Close in Ashleworth, north of Gloucester.

The developers were given outline planning permission by Tewkesbury Borough Council in March this year to build the new housing estate, 40% of which would be affordable homes.

The applicant now seeks 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 say the reserved matters scheme would provide 42 homes which would be broadly laid out in the shape of a horseshoe which would connect to the eastern and western end of Rectory Close.

The proposal would provide 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 have recommended approving the scheme but it will be for councillors to decide at the planning committee meeting on September 20.

By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter

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