The green light has been given to developers wanting to build 42 new homes on the former Cleveleys Vinery on Braye Road.
Rosaire Properties Limited had asked for permission to build 13 one-bedroom properties and 29 two-bed properties on the land which stretches from Braye Road towards the Data Park and Kenilworth Vinery sites, both of which are owned by the States and are also earmarked for development.
Each property will have a private rear garden and allocated parking.
Access for the homeowners and visitors would be through the existing entrance where six houses have already been built, with a new ‘estate road’ created through the development leading to “two-way offshoots across to the east and west of the site and to the northwest providing access and parking”.
Electric charging can be provided and the site is already well served by public transport and pedestrian routes, decided the planning inspectors.
Some objections were lodged including from St Sampson’s Douzaine which was concerned about the traffic impact, utility services, infrastructure, and surface water drainage facilities in coping with such large developments in the area.
Residents also raised concerns about a lack of communal spaces and parking, the traffic impact in the area, and the high density of the development.
The designs were done by A7 and the planning inspectors said the development is unlikely to have any material adverse effects on neighbouring residents, they were satisfied that traffic and pedestrian access onto Braye Road “meets/exceeds the standard”, and that “the scale of development would not result in a significant increase to traffic in the area”.