Ickleford: Plans submitted for eight-home development

The application, submitted by Foxberry Developments Ltd and Hitchin-based BBR Designs, comprises of six three-bed homes, built as three pairs of semi-detached properties, and two detached three-bed dwellings off Turnpike Lane and Lodge Court.

Integral garages and parking will be included as part of the site, as well as a new access spur from Lodge Court.

The proposal is a revision of plans for five homes on the site, which were approved in 2021 after a government inspector overruled North Herts Council initial rejection.

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The proposal is a revision of plans for five homes on the site, which was approved in 2021. (Image: BBR Design/North Herts Council)

"This application seeks full planning consent for a revised proposal to the previous permissions to erect eight new dwellings on the site with a new contemporary high-quality design which aims to greater enhance the character and quality of the area," reads the application.

"The dwellings will provide much needed high-quality family sized accommodation in the existing settlement of Ickleford, on a site which carries consent for the principle of residential accommodation.

"The dwellings are designed in a contemporary form, utilising features of the surrounding development, and will sit alongside existing dwellings and extant permissions."

Since the inspector approved the plans via appeal, the site is no longer part of the Green Belt, having its status removed as part of the adopted North Herts Local Plan.

Ickleford residents objected to the previous application, citing "green areas in the village rapidly disappearing", and the development "blighting the adjacent heritage area".

The land is no longer part of the Green Belt. (Image: BBR Design/North Herts Council)