Househunters can now get a glimpse of what the homes will look like on a controversial new development in Yarm.
Detailed plans have been submitted for approval on the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the 342-home scheme on land south of Green Lane.
The development - initially for 370 dwellings - was given the go-ahead by Stockton Council’s planning committee in June 2013, despite a tide of local opposition.
More than 400 letters of objection were lodged against the initial application for outline planning permission - with concerns including the overdevelopment of the area, loss of countryside, pollution and impact on local roads, schools and amenities.
But the committee had been told the development would deliver a mix of family homes and bring “substantive benefits” to the borough.
These benefits include £72.8m investment in the area, generation of around 60 permanent construction jobs and a further 70 indirect supply chain jobs as well as £7.8m in New Homes Bonus to Stockton Council.
The Theakston Estates scheme, in partnership with David Wilson Homes and Bellway Homes, will also make “an important positive contribution” to meeting the authority’s housing requirement by 2030.
Local campaigners were then dealt a second blow after the Government said it would not review the approval of the scheme.
A statement from the Local Government and Communities department said: “Understandably applications such as this are sometimes unpopular and can often give rise to significant local debate and objections. We have concluded that the Secretary of State’s intervention would not be justified in this case.”
Original plans proposed building 735 homes on Yarm School’s playing fields at Green Lane under a joint application from the school and Bellway Homes.
But a revised, smaller application was submitted after Yarm School failed to get planning consent to relocate its playing fields north of the River Tees.
The application for reserved matters has again been met with a number of objections.
But the developers say the scheme will “create a high quality residential development and provide a well planned sustainable settlement with dwellings which will meet high architectural standards and the creation of pleasant and well planned streets.”
The application will be considered by Stockton Council’s planning committee at a future date.
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