A proposal to build 9 houses on the site of Harrison Contractor’s yard in Ryde has been given the go ahead, with the Island firm set to move to Smallbrook.
County Hall gave consent to Mr Harrison of Harrison Contractors (previously known as Ryde Demolition) to build 9 new homes and create a new vehicle access from St John’s Avenue at 17 St John’s Hill.
Approved plans include 7x 3-bed houses and 2x 2-bed houses along with 16 car parking spaces, green landscaping and domestic gardens.
A Planning Statement prepared by the consultancy Phil Salmon Planning on behalf of the applicant said:
“It is clearly a positive project that seeks to provide much-needed homes, matched with environmental enhancement, complying with the objectives of urban regeneration.
“The application site, Ryde Demolition, has been operated as a demolition yard and sales since the mid-1980s. Ryde Demolition are to consolidate its business at another site at Smallbrook Lane Ryde.
“The St John’s Hill site has become superfluous to its business.”
A total of 7 objections were filed against the plans, raising issues including site maintenance, the availability of parking space, traffic congestion, the size and number of houses proposed, overdevelopment, limited green space, pedestrian safety and the risk of flooding.
Opponents also voiced concerns relating to local housing demand, noise pollution, and infrastructure capacity.
Gunville resident Rosemary Brake said:
“I object to this ill-founded application for the following reasons: this constitutes overdevelopment in an area which already is heavily congested with houses.
“There is no demand for more houses. Permission has been granted for a number of houses in various parts of the Island over many years, but developers have not chosen to build, recognising that enough is enough and no more can be justified.
“The site is on a bend in the road which accommodates a large volume of traffic including buses, coaches and heavy goods vehicles. People do not wish to live in houses with the background noise which that volume generates. The development will create congestion for residents and vehicles.”
County Hall’s report justifying the decision said:
“The proposed dwellings would be of a scale and appearance that would reflect and complement the scale and character of the surrounding area.
“There would be an increase in traffic movements in this location…however, in terms of this causing additional noise and disturbance or loss of privacy to these neighbouring dwellings, the removal of the current use must be given due weight.
“Although currently contained within the site confines, it is considered that the noise and activity associated with the current use would be more harmful than that of cars entering…as proposed for nine dwellings.”
The report attached 16 conditions to the consent for the purposes of highway safety and capacity, environmental protection, ‘appropriate’ drainage and local amenity.
Harrison Contractors continues to trade after more than 40 years in business and will be moving to a new yard at Smallbrook Lane, also in Ryde.
County Hall gave consent to Mr Harrison of Harrison Contractors (previously known as Ryde Demolition) to build 9 new homes and create a new vehicle access from St John’s Avenue at 17 St John’s Hill.
Approved plans include 7x 3-bed houses and 2x 2-bed houses along with 16 car parking spaces, green landscaping and domestic gardens.
A Planning Statement prepared by the consultancy Phil Salmon Planning on behalf of the applicant said:
“It is clearly a positive project that seeks to provide much-needed homes, matched with environmental enhancement, complying with the objectives of urban regeneration.
“The application site, Ryde Demolition, has been operated as a demolition yard and sales since the mid-1980s. Ryde Demolition are to consolidate its business at another site at Smallbrook Lane Ryde.
“The St John’s Hill site has become superfluous to its business.”
A total of 7 objections were filed against the plans, raising issues including site maintenance, the availability of parking space, traffic congestion, the size and number of houses proposed, overdevelopment, limited green space, pedestrian safety and the risk of flooding.
Opponents also voiced concerns relating to local housing demand, noise pollution, and infrastructure capacity.
Gunville resident Rosemary Brake said:
“I object to this ill-founded application for the following reasons: this constitutes overdevelopment in an area which already is heavily congested with houses.
“There is no demand for more houses. Permission has been granted for a number of houses in various parts of the Island over many years, but developers have not chosen to build, recognising that enough is enough and no more can be justified.
“The site is on a bend in the road which accommodates a large volume of traffic including buses, coaches and heavy goods vehicles. People do not wish to live in houses with the background noise which that volume generates. The development will create congestion for residents and vehicles.”
County Hall’s report justifying the decision said:
“The proposed dwellings would be of a scale and appearance that would reflect and complement the scale and character of the surrounding area.
“There would be an increase in traffic movements in this location…however, in terms of this causing additional noise and disturbance or loss of privacy to these neighbouring dwellings, the removal of the current use must be given due weight.
“Although currently contained within the site confines, it is considered that the noise and activity associated with the current use would be more harmful than that of cars entering…as proposed for nine dwellings.”
The report attached 16 conditions to the consent for the purposes of highway safety and capacity, environmental protection, ‘appropriate’ drainage and local amenity.
Harrison Contractors continues to trade after more than 40 years in business and will be moving to a new yard at Smallbrook Lane, also in Ryde.
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