Housing plan could have a ‘positive impact’ for school
Proposals for 40 houses including eight affordable homes in a village have been submitted to planners.
The outline planning application for Trewern, near Welshpool, is from the Chapman family for 40 dwellings and associated works at land to the east of Buttington Trewern County Primary School.
A pre-application consultation process was held on the plans nearly five years ago.
A design and access statement, submitted by agent Gerallt Davies of Roger Parry and Partners, said: “The development will include a mixture of residential, including a provision of affordable properties.
“The proposed development is also looking to improve and utilise the existing primary school access, which currently is causing highway safety issues.”
He added the development would seek to provide extra parking spaces for the school as well as an informal park or “amenity space” for the community.
The application is only currently at the outline stage, which means it is to decide the principle of whether the site can be built on, or not.
If the application is successful a further more detailed application would need to be submitted to Powys County Council.
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Mr Davies said: “It is anticipated that the development would be a mix of two to five bedroomed properties, single and two storey respectively.”
The layout of the site, means that each property is supposed to have sufficient garden and parking spaces.
Mr Davies added: “Given the varied types of properties envisaged, it is important that these are pepper potted around the site, to ensure that varied family types occupy the site together.”
Mr Davies explained that social issues rise when areas of a housing site are designated purely for specific types of houses, such as affordable homes and other parts are just for four and five bedroomed properties.
Mixing the different sizes is supposed to make sure the social fabric of a scheme is “diverse and acceptable”.
“This mixture will ensure that the site would meet a wide range of needs within the locality,” said Mr Davies.
“The scheme will have a significant positive impact on the existing school, providing family orientated properties, which will ensure pupil numbers of the school remains healthy.”
