Council set to approve new homes behind supermarket

If approved the development would lead to the loss of 12 Co-op car parking spaces

A council is expected to approve plans for new homes to be built behind a supermarket.

If the plans are agreed by West Northamptonshire Council, two three-bedroom houses will be built at the end of a Co-op car park on Barry Road in Abington, Northamptonshire.

However, during a public consultation process 14 letters were submitted which objected to the plans. The concerns raised included the impact the development would have on the character of the area, traffic, parking issues and the safety of schoolchildren.

The Conservative-led authority will consider the plans at a planning committee meeting on Wednesday, where it is expected to issue a decision.

The plans submitted by Cornerstone 2 Homes Ltd outline that each house would have two parking spaces on a driveway at the front of the property, which would use 12 existing spaces from the Co-op car park.

West Northamptonshire Council said the supermarket's loss of the car parking space was acceptable, as the car park was said to be "under used", even at busier times of the day.

In a report by the authority's planning officers, it said homes would be located along an established resident street close to a local centre in a "highly sustainable location".

The development has been recommended for approval.