Stockton planners have recommended the scheme be refused when it comes before Stockton Council's planning committee
Controversial plans for up to 550 new homes on green wedge land in Ingleby Barwick look set to be refused.
Outline planning consent is sought for the residential development on an 80-acre farmland site adjacent to Thornaby Road.
A total of 21 letters of objection have been lodged against the application as well as an online petition set up against “New house building on our green wedge in Ingleby Barwick” which currently has 267 signatures.
Concerns include loss of greenfield site, green wedge and open space; shortage of school places particularly at primary level; Ingleby Barwick does not need more housing and the impact on wildlife.
Ingleby Barwick Town Council, Thornaby Town Council, Hilton Parish Council and Thornaby ward councillor Sylvia Walmsley have also objected.
Stockton planners have recommended the scheme be refused when it comes before Stockton Council’s planning committee next week.
A report to committee concluded: “Although there are some significant benefits to the proposed development it is considered that such benefits would be outweighed by the harm the proposal would have to the green wedge and the wider character of the area.”
A further application for a residential development of up to 550 homes at neighbouring Little Maltby Farm was unanimously rejected by the planning committee in February.
Jersey-based Tiviot Way Investments have now appealed to the Planning Inspectorate.
But James Wharton, MP for Stockton South, has written to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, asking him to “recover the appeal” - which would see the Minister make a final decision.
Mr Pickles last year overturned Stockton Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for a free school and 350 homes on the site.
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