Revised plans for new village unveiled

The proposed development, on the former Tenneco Automotive site in Manor Lane, includes plans for 285 homes, although consultation on the exact make-up of the site is still ongoing.

Planning chiefs accepted an outline application to build a new 275-home village on the site last October.

Outline planning permission was granted as a result, and now the developers, Barratt York and Persimmon, have submitted more detailed plans.

Cliff Carruthers, head of development control at City of York Council, explained the increase in the number of houses.

"That first application was for outline permission and was intended to give an impression of the density of the site.

"We approved that, with a condition that the density would not fall below 40 houses per hectare. This is their response, and I believe the increase allows for that condition to be upheld. We need to make sure it meets that, and I'm presuming it will."

He said that while the plan was more detailed than that submitted for outline permission, it was still only a basic description of the layout.

He said the application was currently being assessed against the authority's planning brief, which featured comments by local people on what they would like to see added at the site.

Key issues in the public responses included the lack of facilities for young people, the absence of shops and potential increased traffic in Manor Lane and the A19 junction.

Mr Carruthers said these would be considered, although the council could only state what it would like to see, rather than insist that particular facilities be included.

Letters were previously sent to 1,300 residents as part of an extended public consultation carried out to gauge opinion on the proposals.

"The consultation is ongoing at the moment," he added.

"And even if we could not stipulate certain things for the site, there could be other ways of adhering to the planning brief."

Updated: 11:46 Monday, August 19, 2002