Plans for 80 new homes recommended for approval

Plans to build 80 new homes on an estate near a village are expected to be approved by a council.

Developer Kislingbury Farm LLP submitted plans for the site off Upton Valley Way North, next to Pineham Village, which is a housing estate of about 559 homes to the west of Hunsbury, Northamptonshire.

West Northamptonshire Council has received about 100 objections from residents and Hunsbury Meadows Parish Council, citing concerns about potential flooding and traffic congestion.

Councillors have been recommended to approve the application at a meeting on 6 August.

The homes will include a range of two-bed and five-bed properties across both houses and apartments, as well as the provision of 18 (22.5%) affordable homes, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

Hunsbury Meadow Parish Council has already objected to the development, raising concerns about potential flooding, traffic and congestion on local roads, and the strain on limited infrastructure in the area.

Local residents have also raised flooding concerns, with some submitting photographs of previous flooding on the proposed site.

One person wrote: "As a resident of Pineham, it concerns me greatly that it is impacting the flood defences and putting our homes and school at risk."

Comments from the West Northamptonshire Council's planning policy team stated the design of the housing project "must consider the nearby floodplain; mitigation is required."

However, the council's lead local flood authority stated that documents submitted were "satisfactory" and it had no objections to the scheme, subject to relevant conditions on drainage and surface water discharge being met.

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