Plans for a new housing estate to be built on protected green land have been approved despite more than 150 objections. Developer Miller Homes has been granted permission to build 42 ‘family’ houses on land behind Denbigh Drive in High Crompton.
The land is allocated as ‘other protected open land’ (OPOL), which is less protected than green belt but is recognised as important as ‘it helps preserve the distinctiveness of an area’.
However the site has been earmarked for development as part of the Cowlishaw allocation of the ‘Places for Everyone’ masterplan.
Under the plans there would be 22, three bedroom homes and 20, four bedroom dwellings. Each property would have front and rear gardens and off-street car parking.
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