Golf course development plan to add 70 homes

A total of 70 new homes could be built on undeveloped golf course land off Kidmore End Road in Caversham

A plan to add 70 homes to a development at an old golf course on the outskirts of Reading has been submitted.

Earlier this year, plans surfaced for an extension to the Emmer Green Drive development off Kidmore End Road in Caversham.

Emmer Green Drive is currently under construction, and once complete will provide 223 new homes.

Now the land acquisitions company Fairfax has submitted a plan to add an extra 70 homes to the development, bringing the total number of homes to 293.

The proposed site for 70 new homes as an extension to the Emmer Green Drive development in Caversham

An illustrative master plan shows one paved road connecting it to the rest of the development with a footpath link also being provided, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

While the main development is situated entirely within Reading Borough Council's jurisdiction, the extension would be built across the county border in Oxfordshire.

Therefore, the application for outline permission has been submitted to South Oxfordshire District Council's planning department.

This gives the applicants flexibility to determine the precise details of the development in follow-up planning applications.

Despite that, the applicant said it was committed to making 40% of the homes affordable.

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