Plans for Brook Lane apartments approved

Jones Homes has been given the go ahead to build apartments within a gated development on Brook Lane.

The Northern Planning Committee approved the scheme for two buildings, accommodating ten apartments each, adjacent to the bypass.

However, the Parish Council recommended refusal of this application stating "Councillors are disappointed that the only proposal considered for this site seems to be apartments, in considerable number. The PC accepts that there are apartment blocks on Brook Lane, but is concerned that this area is housing, predominantly two storey dwellings of modest scale. The idea that this sort of development could spread along Brook Lane is not acceptable to the Council."

A previous application (reference 11/4341M) "to create to landmark building to mark the new visible boundary of Alderley Edge" was refused by the Northern Planning Committee in March 2012 because the buildings were considered overly dominant and unneighbourly. An appeal was lodged against the refusal and this latest proposal (reference 12/4038M) was submitted to address the reasons for the refusal.

Jones Homes were originally granted planning permission, on appeal, in January 1999 to build two, three storey blocks housing eighteen apartments. The 0.4 hectare was previously occupied by Beech Lawn, a seven bedroom house built in the 20th century, and Wood Ride, a large bungalow built in the 1960's.

The site was cleared in 2003 and work commenced on the new access road in May 2004. However, work ceased later that month when it became clear that progress was about to be made with the Alderley Edge bypass, which runs immediately west of the site boundary.

The draft legal agreement includes a payment from Jones Homes of £280,000 towards the provision of off-site affordable housing, £54,000 towards off-site Public Open Space facilities at Alderley Park and £9,000 for the off-site provision of outdoor sports facilities within Alderley Park and Chorley Hall Playing Fields.

Artists impression of one of the apartment buildings from Brook Lane.

Tags:: Jones Homes, Planning Applications

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Sarah Lane

Friday 4^th January 2013 at 5:07 pm

Soul destroying but not surprising. Jones Homes and his endless blocks of flats, enough to make you weep.

Mark McCall

Saturday 5^th January 2013 at 8:40 am

And no doubt these flats will be unaffordable to young local residents aspiring to get on the property ladder

Saturday 5^th January 2013 at 1:35 pm

Bound to be Mark. Endless 'For Sale' and 'To Let' boards littering the place up.

Tuesday 22^nd January 2013 at 1:24 pm

Not sure where the affordable house will be built in Alderley Edge, but some of the Jones Developments do make a change from the massive house rebuilds on small plots. All the figures above they will be built into the for sale price, and the purchaser will have substantial management fees each year.