Decision due on major housing development

Certain conditions must be met before construction can begin

Peterborough City Council's planning committee is set to decide on a major housing development.

An outline planning application for 1,130 homes on land to the east of Newborough Road in Paston was submitted in April 2023.

The 40-hectare site forms just over half of the Norwood Urban Extension, which is allocated for 2,000 homes in total. An outline application for the other 870 homes was approved in June.

The council's planning committee will meet on Tuesday to make a decision on the 1,130 homes, as well as green space, access and other associated infrastructure.

Members will consider comments from consultees in a case officer report, one of which states that the development would result in a shortfall of 236 primary school places and 216 secondary school places.

It recommends a new 420-place primary school is built on-site with financial contributions of £13,731,497, and also recommends the expansion of an existing secondary school at an estimated cost of £9 million to £13 million.

Planning committee members are recommended to approve the plans, according to to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

The case officer report states: "This proposal is for residential development, which together with the recently granted Leeds Farm development will ensure an appropriately designed sustainable urban extension on an allocated site which is well integrated with its context and provides for the needs of its future residents.

"All identified impacts (including the need for infrastructure provision) are acceptable or can be mitigated by conditions and a Section 106 agreement.

"The proposal is therefore acceptable and in accordance with all relevant local and national policies."

Also to be decided at the planning committee meeting is a proposed development of a sports pavilion and storage facilities on a sports field accessed off Splash Lane, Castor.