BH Planning and Design, sister company to the award-winning chartered surveyors and estate agents Bradley Hall, has supported Forric Developments in gaining planning permission for nine new homes in County Durham.
The site of the nine new dwellings is located in the White-le-Head area of the village of Tantobie, which is situated near Stanley in County Durham.
The proposed properties themselves will be a range of detached and semidetached homes set over two floors, comprising of a mix of three and four bedrooms. External amenity space will be provided to the rear of each property, whilst a definite new settlement edge for the village is set to be created and reinforced by both existing and additional trees towards the western site boundary. Each home will have access to car parking spaces and cycle storage facilities, and there will also be provision for visitor parking bays within the site itself.
This collection of homes by Forric Developments Ltd. is set to contribute to the local housing supply and will help to ensure that the right homes are made available for people in locations where they are most needed.
The scale, appearance and layout of these homes has been carefully considered to ensure that the development will compliment the character and appearance of existing developments in the surrounding area, and successfully integrate with the neighbouring streets. Elements such as materials and chimney features will reinforce the collective approach to the design which aims to seamlessly blend the grain and character of the existing village. A range of local and traditional materials will be incorporated into the construction of the new dwellings through the use of sandstone walls, sections of white render and red tiled roofs.
BH Planning and Design’s director, Mark Ketley said: “This is a fantastic step forward for the area and will provide an extensive collection of new homes to further support local housing supply where it is most needed.
“These new homes will compliment the surrounding dwellings already in existence through their design, while being able to offer residents effective parking options, a conscious ecological view through deliberate decisions to avoid wildlife disruption, and the creation of a new defensible edge for the village through sensitive landscaping proposals.”
Thomas Forster, land and development director at Forric Developments said: “Using BH Planning and Design to prepare our planning statement and manage the application through the planning process, including representing us at Planning Committee, was a great decision as it meant that we ended up with the result that we wanted, a collection of homes with planning permission. This is an excellent result for Forric and our professional team which has been the culmination of twelve months of hard work”.
