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| Artist's impression of the proposed development |
PLANNING consent has been granted for construction of up to 58 homes on the playing field of the former Matthew Humberston School in Cleethorpes.
The field comprises a roughly rectangular parcel of grassland to the north west of Davenport Drive.
North East Lincolnshire Council, which awarded itself planning permission, will now seek a development partner to crack on with the project.
Says NELC: "It is considered that the proposed development will not harm the character and appearance of the area, neighbouring land uses, drainage, heritage, ecology, landscaping and the highway network.
"It is the intention to:
• Retain existing landscape assets, ensuring the development responds to ecologically valued and visually beneficial existing landscape assets including hedgerows and individual trees.
• Provide purposeful and functional open spaces at an appropriate scale with a range of uses and users ensuring a landscape network which benefits the development and local community
• Provide a network of green corridors aligned to the natural drainage pattern of the site to aid surface water drainage and attenuation.
• Enhance ecology by planting a variety of new hedgerows around the site and replanting existing defunct hedgerows
• Provide a structured landscape boundary with new planting along Davenport Drive to the south and reinforcing the boundaries to the north and west.
• To use high quality surface materials to enhance public realm and encourage pedestrian activities.
The same development will also incorporate an "extra care facility" consisting of independent apartments along with a community garden and shared meeting spaces."
NELC adds: "There will be community facilities, such as a café and a meeting room to hold various classes, such as Yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates.
"The aspiration is to deliver a scheme which is exemplary in its creation."
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| The former school playing fields off Davenport Drive |
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