TWO new projects proposing a host of new homes on pieces of land adjacent to separate “colossal” developments have been submitted.
Separate applications are in to erect 14 dwellings on land behind the large Canford Paddock development, and 20 dwellings on land alongside the future 295-home Taylor Wimpey development in Canford Magna.
The two sites are situated less than one mile from each other.
The first proposes the demolition of the existing Knighton Lodge in Wheelers Lane to replace it with 14 homes, just behind the existing Canford Paddock development and a short distance from Bearwood Primary and Nursery School.
Plans suggest a cul-de-sac of detached three/four-bedroom homes with personal driveway provision and garden space.
No objections have yet been filed for this application, which was prepared by Dorset-based planners Chapman Lily Planning.
The second application for 20 homes, comprising a mixture of one, two, three and four bedrooms consisting of eight affordable and 12 private units, has been tabled for land currently used as agricultural storage for the Knighton House estate.
To the north and east of the site runs the Stour Valley Way public footpath which is lined by mature hedgerows and native trees.
The southern boundary, currently open pastureland, is soon to become part of the approved Canford Park development which is earmarked for hundreds of new homes.
According to planners: “This proposal seeks to act as a buffer and create a sense of enclosure against spatial leakage and termination of forthcoming Canford Park development on the opposing land. The proposal will form a sympathetic transition between the hamlet and the urban development to the south.”
However, with local tension still high from the impending Canford Park development, reaction to the extra 20 homes has not been well received thus far by residents.
One Bearwood resident, who has lived in the area for more than 60 years, said: “This is a place of great natural charm. The adjacent fields are about to be subjected to the colossal Taylor Wimpey project. To give this plan the go-ahead would be simply adding insult to injury.”
Both applications are still available for viewing on the BCP Council online planning portal.
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