York set to approve first batch of Monks Cross housing
Redrow’s plans for phases 1A and 1B of its wider 970-home Huntingdon development consist of 314 houses, a play area, and landscaping on the north eastern corner of the site.
Located on two parcels of land either side of Monks Cross Link Road, the garden village has outline permission for housing on the western site and a country park and drainage on the smaller eastern plot.
The particular site being discussed at this week’s York planning meeting sits to the west of the A1237 and south of North Lane in Huntington, York.
The project team includes Johnson Mowat, landscape architect Plan-it, and transport consultant Optima.
Following discussions with the council, the application has reduced from its initial proposal of 323 dwellings, and amendments have been made to the layout and internal access arrangements, including an increase in the size of a greenway that will split the north of the parcel of land in two.
An additional play area has also been added to the southern part of the site, and more trees have been incorporated along the street frontages.
Overall, this phase of development will provide a housing mix ranging from one- to five-bedroom homes, made up of two-bed apartments, one-bed maisonettes, terraces, semi-detached, and detached houses.
Around 94 properties, equating to 30%, will be affordable housing.
Redrow first applied for permission to build the 970-home development in 2018 and in 2021 submitted a planning appeal on the grounds of non-determination.
A report published that year found that although the site was located within the Green Belt, York’s emerging local plan identified the land as being allocated for development as a strategic housing site.
In December 2022, the planning inspector approved the garden village.
Redrow has also submitted reserved matter applications for phases 2A and 2B of the site, relating to 271 homes, and phase 3C, for 166 houses, although these have not yet reached committee.
its a shame there hasn’t any provision for protecting the old railway line so it could be reinstated to create a local rail network to enable better connectivity for residents and reduce car dependency.
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