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Search the Public Notice PortalA long-running row over land needed for green space has finally been cleared, paving the way for 53 new homes.
New Forest District Council’s planning committee unanimously approved revised plans for Middle Burgate House, off Salisbury Road in Burgate north of Fordingbridge, at a meeting on September 9.
The development was backed by councillors in May 2024, but planning permission was never formally issued because a Section 106 legal agreement could not be completed.
That agreement is needed to secure affordable housing, public open space, biodiversity measures, access works, drainage arrangements, footpath and cycle connections, and other infrastructure linked to the scheme.
The hold-up centred on land earmarked for Alternative Natural Recreational Greenspace, or ANRG, which is intended to provide accessible green space and reduce pressure on protected areas.
Part of the land originally proposed for the green space was controlled by neighbouring developer Pennyfarthing Homes.
The arrangement required the neighbouring landowner to join the Section 106 agreement and commit to making the space available before homes were occupied, as well as maintaining it in the long term.
But the agreement stalled after that was not secured.
Applicant Mr B Currie has since changed the formal red-line boundary of the site, removing a 0.96-hectare parcel of third-party land from the application.
The revised site is now entirely within Mr Currie’s control, allowing officers to recommend that permission be issued once the legal agreement is completed.
Speaking to the committee, Adam Bennett, on behalf of the applicant, said there had been no change to the number of homes or the affordable-housing offer.
He said: “There is no change to the number of dwellings proposed, or the 12 affordable homes.
“This has been four years of work alongside council officers, and this is the same scheme that members deemed acceptable on two separate occasions.
“Other than the reduction in the red line area, there are no material changes.”
Mr Bennett added: “It will not be lost on councillors that housing needs have increased, so it’s all the more important these strategic sites come forward”.
The scheme remains for 53 homes comprising 41 open-market properties, four shared-ownership affordable flats created through the conversion and extension of Middle Burgate Farmhouse, and eight further affordable flats in a new block.
It also includes demolishing redundant agricultural buildings, a new access, landscaping, play areas, drainage features and public open space.
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