Pre-Planning Update (May 2022)

The Council’s design team have amended the proposal for Lundy Close, taking into account feedback from the initial resident consultation in 2019, the online surveys in 2021, and comments received as part of the pre-application service carried out with the Local Planning Authority.

The revised proposal has seen the unit numbers reduced from eleven to nine, comprising of five houses and four flats. All the units are no more than two storeys tall. The proposal will also see significant tree planting, comfortably exceeding the ‘2 for 1’ tree re provision planning policy. The planting scheme (along the eastern boundary) will form part of a ’green corridor’ and be complimentary to wildlife.

The development will look to exceed planning requirements by delivering homes that meet the incoming 2025 Future Homes Standard. This means that they will meet this proposed new standard several years before it will be mandated for all new developments by Central Government. The homes will therefore be extremely well insulated and include triple glazing, they will also be completely off the gas gride and will use low carbon electric heating in the form of heat pumps. They will also go one step further than the current Future Homes Standard proposals by including Solar Photovoltaic Panels, which means that these homes will have net zero carbon emissions and have the potential to be fully zero carbon in the near future as the national grid continues to decarbonise.

The Council will also use the design of the buildings to further enhance biodiversity. The development will include Swift boxes on the sides of suitable homes which will provide nesting sites to support this species of bird which is in decline. A bike shed with an innovative green roof will be included to support pollinators and provide additional urban greening to the site.

Residents throughout the consultation period expressed a desire to have a dog waste bin installed within the estate. A dual-purpose bin has now been installed within the estate, which enables both general waste and bagged dog waste to be disposed of.

The revised design will be submitted to the Local Planning Authority in the coming weeks and a planning reference posted on this page, which will enable to access the planning documents via the planning portal.