Wakefield suggested approving 800 homes

Taylor Wimpey, Keepmoat and Persimmon head to the planning committee next week with recommendations for approval.

Taylor Wimpey – Altofts Hall Farm

Locally contested Taylor Wimpey is seeking full consent for 43 acres of farmland between Normanton 450m to the east and Altofts to the west fronting Station Road

Since the plans were submitted, the buildings on the site have been demolished. A bridleway on the site forms part of the Wakefield Wheel route and dissects the site from north to south, linking with residential properties on Altofts Hall Road to the north.

Full planning permission is being sought for 406 homes comprising a mix of flats, bungalows and two to four bedroom homes.

The applicant proposes various areas of public open space across the site, including a gateway at the entrance to create a village green with a play area, a large area of ​​open space on the eastern edge, a small area of ​​open space to the west . and a linear west-east greenway following an existing watercourse.

Although the site is earmarked for housing, the plans attracted 967 letters of objection, along with a petition which gained more than 2,000 signatures.

Taylor Wimpey’s professional team includes Stantec, Parker Peel, Paragon Highways and FDA Landscape.

The breakdown is:

Private sale:

24 two-bedroom apartments, one three-bedroom bungalow, 54 two-bedroom homes, 204 three-bedroom homes, 73 four-bedroom homes. Total: 356

Affordable housing:

Three three-bedroom bungalows, eight two-bedroom dwellings, 22 three-bedroom dwellings, eight four-bedroom dwellings. Total: 41

Auto/Custom:

Seven three bedroom homes, two four bedroom homes. Total: 9

Keepmoat – South Elmsall

Keepmoat is applying for permission to demolish a small number of street properties to facilitate the development of a 112-home project.

Twenty-seven objections were received for a project crossing two separate site allotments. Keepmoat is proposing 24 two-bedroom homes, 74 three-bed homes and 14 four-bed homes.

Keepmoat’s professional team includes Brooks Ecological, Haigh Huddleston & Associates, Urban Green and AES Sustainability Consultants.

Persimmon – Common Lane, Knottingley

The York-headquartered housebuilder wants to build 298 homes around 1km south of Knottingley centre, close to the local services of Racca Green.

Lichfields planner advises Persimmon. Smeeden Foreman is the landscape architect.

As described by planning officers, the site is an under-utilized area of ​​land with a former courtyard area to the north-west with a landscaped area. The rest of the site is rough pasture interspersed with hedgerow field boundaries. A path crosses the site.

Thirteen house types are proposed, in a scheme that would also include public open space. The breakdown is 125 two-bedroom homes, 32 2.5-bed homes, 69 three-bed homes and 72 four-bed homes.

More than 120 objections were filed.

Wakefield’s planning committee meets on Thursday 18 July.

All projects can be viewed on the Wakefield planning portal. Taylor Wimpey reference is 23/00322/FUL; Keepmoat’s 22/00358/FUL and Persimmon’s 22/00345/FUL.