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Plan rejected for eight homes 'for super rich' off Kettering Road in Stamford




Controversial plans to build eight large homes ‘for the super rich’ at a Stamford beauty spot have been rejected.

Simon Boon Homes Ltd had wanted to build three detached, two semi-detached and three terraced houses off Kettering Road, opposite the old football ground.

But members of South Kesteven District Council’s (SKDC) planning committee narrowly voted to refuse the application at a meeting on Wednesday (February 5).

The site in which the homes could be built with the view of Stamford in the distance
The site in which the homes could be built with the view of Stamford in the distance

The plot of land is said to command spectacular views of Stamford, which was England’s first ever Conservation Area.

Kier had previously secured planning permission on appeal to build 29 homes but the project was scrapped when the developer was unable to strike a deal to buy the site.

Simon Boon Homes had hoped its much more conservative plan would win support as it had considerably less impact on the area.

But councillors still felt it would have a negative impact on nearby historic listed buildings including the listed Fryers’ Callis almshouses, Burghley ‘Bottle Lodges’, gates and flanking walls of Burghley House.

They also said the development would lead to the loss of a long-established and well-used public right of way through ‘open country’ on the edge of the town.

“The development would further blur the strong and significant contrast between the tightly-knit urban character of the historic town and the surrounding rural landscape,” it was argued.

At the planning meeting two councillors voted in favour of rejecting the plan while one voted against. Five members chose to abstain.

The council’s head of development management said the reasons could be properly defended if the applicant decides to appeal against the decision.

The plan had previously attracted criticism for being aimed at the ‘super rich’, although the applicant had promised a contribution of almost £600,000 towards an ‘extra care’ affordable housing development in the town.

Coun Harrish Bisnauthsing (Lib Dem) said on Wednesday: “Those big houses would contribute nothing to Stamford.”

  • The district's Local Plan, which has just been approved, outlines the future of housing development until 2036. A total of 18,846 houses are due to be built in South Kesteven in that period.

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