Barratt applies for 180 South Milford homes
Supported by Johnson Mowat and with its own Barratt Redrow Urban Design as the architect, the housebuilder is looking to develop three plots into one 16-acre estate on land off Low Street in the North Yorkshire village.
Barratt is seeking outline permission for up to 180 homes, landscaping, drainage features, and associated infrastructure, with all matter reserved except access from Low Street.
The three fields, as they currently stand, are separated by Lund Sike Lane, which is a single carriageway that runs down the eastern and southern edges of the largest field.
The largest field is used for agricultural purposes, the southern field is used for livestock grazing, and the eastern field is used by locals to walk their dogs.
To mitigate any issues, Barratt Homes – which will be developing this estate under its David Wilson brand – is planning to keep the eastern and southern fields as areas of public open space and locate the housing on the largest northern field, which already borders a residential estate.
Within the southern and eastern fields, Barratt plans to incorporate a local play area, a wetland ecological area, new planting to increase biodiversity, and to retain all hedgerows and trees.
Within the residential area of the site, a pocket park will be included and attenuation basins will be located along the south and east edges.
According to the developer, the majority of South Milford has remained largely unchanged since the post-war period, although a portion of the village to the south east has had a couple of new housing estates added to it in the last 25 years – including the one that built on land immediately to the north of the proposed site.
