PLANS have been submitted to Warrington Borough Council to build 140 new houses in Latchford.
The 16-acre site off Loushers Lane is currently owned by Premier Loushers and is occupied by a tanker depot and woodland on the former Latchford Sidings and Black Bear Park.
It is close to Priestley College.
Developer Alderton Property says that the new housing estate would ‘effectively reuse’ a brownfield site and transform ‘under-used, low quality greenfield land of limited environmental quality’.
A map of the planned site
It proposes to construct 110 houses and 30 flats on the brownfield area of the site, while improving the retained part of Latchford Sidings in terms of its ‘amenity, accessibility and ecological value’.
Only outline permission is being sought at this stage, with further design proposals to be submitted at a later stage subject to prior approval.
In its design and access statement, Alderton Property proposes that the opportunity would make an ‘important’ contribution to the council’s supply of deliverable housing.
It states that the land is occupied by a business which ‘can’t survive’ due to poor HGV transport links alongside ‘overgrown and inaccessible grassland’ which was formerly used as a sports pitch.
The plans also envisage new vehicular and pedestrian access to the neighbouring Priestley College, which will incorporate a bus lay-by to collect and deposit students.
A pre-application consultation period ran from April to May, and Alderton Property says efforts were made to raise awareness of the development among local representatives, businesses and residents.
Postcards outlining the proposals were distributed to nearby residents and businesses and a drop-in session was also held at Priestley College.
This offered information on layout plans, site constraints and opportunities, plans for landscaping and infrastructure.
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In total, 23 people attended the event and met with members of the project team who were on hand answer people’s questions.
To see the proposal in more detail, visit warrington.gov.uk
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