Keepmoat Homes wants to building 600 homes on Teesside

Keepmoat Homes, with other developers, has applied for planning permission to build 319 homes in Ingleby Barwick and 257 homes in Stockton.

The proposals are being considered by Stockton Council.

The developer, with Banks Property Ltd, proposes to build 257 homes on a 6.77-hectare site in the Bowesfield area of Stockton. It seeks to build on two parcels of land, one near Cygnet Drive, the other near Kingfisher Way, with access and landscaping.

A planning statement by Pegasus Group, for Keepmoat Homes, says they will be two to four-bedroom homes, with 79 described as affordable homes, with modern design creating “varied and interesting street scenes”.

They will come with private drives, estate streets, footpaths, hedgerows, shrubs and trees under the plans.

Cygnet Drive, Stockton (Image: LDR)

It says the number of homes goes over the figure of 187 indicated in the Stockton Local Plan. But it argues this “should be welcomed and will help contribute to a healthy supply of new homes in future years”.

The statement says the scheme will have “overwhelming benefits” delivering much-needed homes.

It states: “The residential development is intended to complete the development of the Bowesfield area.

“The proposed development will be safely connected to, and well-integrated with, the sustainable transport network. Good-quality pedestrian connections will be provided between the site and the surrounding areas.

Welwyn Road, Ingleby Barwick (Image: LDR)

“The submitted drawings show a development which successfully integrates with the local environment and ensures it is appropriate to the character and appearance of the area. The development has also been designed to respect the amenity of existing and future residents and businesses.

“The proposals provide a wide mix of housing in a variety of sizes and styles to meet the needs of the area and attract a variety of families and residents… The proposals will create a mixed and balanced community.”

A design and access statement by Newcastle architects Pod says the development would be “considerate”, would “embrace the rural setting with distinctive dwelling design” and “add to the richness and variety of the surrounding area”.

The second plan, from Keepmoat with Strata Homes And Tivot Way Investments, proposes 319 homes on a 17.3-hectare site off Welwyn Road at the south of Ingleby Barwick, near Bassleton Beck, the A1045 Thornaby Road and Low Lane.

The developers say it will create 988 jobs directly and indirectly, as “one of the final stages of housing delivery” on an area allocated for more than 1,150 homes in the Local Plan, with 212 homes being built by Miller Homes and 120 more granted planning permission nearby.

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The proposals detail two to five-bedroom homes with gardens, driveways and garages, saying the layout is “sensitively designed to create an attractive urban design approach” blending with nearby homes, with “generous public open space”, close bus stops and pedestrian and cycle connections. It says it will keep a woodland area and landscape features, forming an “attractive green corridor”

A planning statement by Savills says: “The site benefits from being in close proximity to a wide range of available facilities, which include Teesside Industrial Estate located approximately800m east, as well as OneGym, Greggs, Ingleby Barwick Children’s Day Nursery, a Coop and petrol filling station, various public houses and restaurants, Maltby Cricket Club, as well as Ingleby Barwick Primary School and Ingleby Manor Free School and Sixth Form.

“The planning history of this wider site has seen a significant amount of approvals for residential development of which many are under construction and occupied, solidifying the site as being acceptable in principle… The site is clearly appropriate for residential development.

“The inclusion of a mix of housing types on-site will contribute to achieving the council’s overall vision for the borough to create a more attractive place to live and to create a mixed and balanced residential community.”

It argues the significance of the nearest listed building, the early 19th-century late Georgian farmhouse Little Maltby Farm to the south of the site, has “eroded substantially” and the proposals will not harm them substantially. The statement asserts the development would have “wide-ranging” benefits and “no significant adverse effects”.