Lovel Developments submits council housing masterplan for Beverley

Beverley-based Lovel Developments has submitted plans for the next phase of East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s housing masterplan for the town after securing permission for an initial project to build 189 homes.

The council’s planning committee has now approved the first phase of the scheme south of Willow Lane and Philip Lovel, managing director of Lovel Developments, said the decision opens up an area of 14.25 hectares of land which is part of the masterplan.

He said: “The approval of the site south of Willow Lane also includes provision of a spine road which extends through the wider masterplan site and will give us access to the proposed new developments.

“Our proposals are to provide a further 400 homes on the site extending south from the phase which has just been approved. This will be a significant step towards completion of the council’s masterplan.”

The ERYC masterplan was approved in 2015 and will bring the construction of around 1,800 houses on a total of nearly 190 acres of land between Woodmansey Mile in Beverley and Minster Way.

The council had heard that national planning policy means there will be a need to build 3,300 new homes in Beverley by 2028-29 and the site for this project had been identified as one of the most suitable in the town for housing.

He added: “The proposals represent an acceptable form of development in accordance with council policy and the South West Beverley Masterplan.

“The development would not have a significant adverse impact on the visual amenity of the area, would not detract from the residential amenities of existing dwellings and would provide a satisfactory living environment for any potential future occupiers.”

The new proposals are covered by two separate outline planning applications submitted by Lovel Developments and Shirethorn Ltd, covering a total of 14.25 hectares of land.

The planning statement submitted by the applicants confirms that access to the sites would be from the north via the developments which have been approved, and with no access to Long Lane.

The proposals include landscaping, open space and homes including ‘affordable’ ones.