Last updated at 12:56, Tuesday, 14 July 2015
A revised application has been made to build on a site currently occupied by a Grade II listed building in Carlisle.
An application was made last year by County Durham-based Esh Developments to demolish Suttle House, in Wigton Road, and build up to 29 homes on the site. A further application was then made to build an additional six flats on the land, but was later withdrawn.
However, Carlisle City Council has since received a fresh application, which outlines plans to build an extra four dwellings – two detached and two semi-detached homes – alongside allocated parking, draining and infrastructure.
A design and access statement sent by Esh Developments to council planners states that the terms of the application for the four extra houses are the same as the original 29 that were proposed in November 2014.
In it, it says: “Notwithstanding Suttle House itself, the surrounding area is primarily new-build residential constructed of brick and render with concrete tiled roofs.
“To ensure the development blends in with the surrounding housing the proposed dwellings will be constructed of brick with rendered feature panels and gables to certain house types.”
The statement also says that each house will have a minimum of two parking spaces in order to “ensure the character of the site is not lost because of overspill parking on the carriageway.”
A proposal had previously been made by Border Homes to build 41 homes on the site and both the drainage infrastructure and some foundations had been installed before the housing market downturn in 2008.
Suttle House, a Georgian building which is mentioned on a map of Carlisle in 1746, had fallen into a state of disrepair after being damaged by a fire in March this year.
There has been opposition to the proposed demolition, with Dr David Wilson of the Old Vicarage stating: “No acceptable justification for demolition has been offered and the local planning authority should ensure that no more of its listed buildings or conservation areas are made to suffer from inappropriate development contrary to stated policies.”
First published at 12:54, Tuesday, 14 July 2015
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