Estate works stop after neighbours complain

Developer Markden Homes said it was aware of the concerns and hoped the council would approve new plans it has put forward

Building work was stopped on part of a new housing estate in Staffordshire after complaints from neighbours.

Approval was previously granted for 40 homes on land off Tenford Lane in Tean near Cheadle, Staffordshire, but revised plans have been submitted which are yet to be approved.

Nearby residents complained to Staffordshire Moorland District Council that the development was not being built according to the previous plans.

Developer Markden Homes said it was aware of the concerns and hoped the council would view the changes favourably.

The new plans have been recommended for approval by officers at the district council.

Their planning enforcement team responded to the complaints and found the works were along the lines of the revised plans, not the previously approved ones, the authority said.

The updated application reduces the number of three-bed homes from 21 to nine and increases the number of two-bedroom and four-bedroom houses, both by six, to 14 and 17 respectively.

Changes have also been made to the types of homes which the developer said would give more variation across the site.

Mark Ellis, of Markden Homes, commented: “We are hopeful that the local authority will see the merit of what has been proposed in our application in replacing the previously approved two-storey dwellings that will otherwise front Tenford Lane with bungalows and dormer bungalows.”

A decision is due to be made on the revised plans on Thursday.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.