Concern that family of Barn Owls could be displaced by plan for nine new homes near Waltham golf course

The field earmarked for new houses (Image: Google Earth)

NINE new homes  are in prospect for land off Cheapside in Waltham.

Utterby-based C J Wilkinson & Sons have earmarked a 6.7-hectare field almost opposite the village golf course's club house.

Their agents say the site can accommodate the proposed properties "without appearing or feeling cramped and, importantly, respecting the neighbours' residential amenities".

There are a number of trees to the site’s boundaries, all of which will  survive, say the applicants, if they are deemed "worthy of retention".

However, securing planning permission from North East Lincolnshire Council may be a challenge given that  the field is not identified as a development site in the Local Plan.

There is also concern for the welfare of a family of Barn Owls, a highly protected species, which forage for small rodents in the long grass and which are thought to nest in the vicinity.

                                                                

Barn Owl on the prowl