OPPONENTS of a major housing scheme in Ridge Avenue, Burnley, will attend tomorrow's (Thursday) planning committee meeting.

Developers are planning to build 110 dwellings on the site near to the top of Queen's Park

The original scheme for 129 houses was refused as being intrusive, detrimental and out of character with the surrounding area.

The revised plan is for 96 buildings which form 110 dwellings. It is being recommended for approval by the head of planning services subject to a number of conditions.

These concern the transfer of an area of open land to the council, receipt of written confirmation from the highway authority that the access is satisfactory and that satisfactory provision is made for pedestrians and cyclists.

Open land at the top of the site is proposed for woodland planting.

One of the protesters, Queen's Park Road resident, Bernard Pollard, said the development brief for the site referred to any number of houses above 95 as being too intrusive and that the application should be refused on those grounds.

Opponents have also expressed fears about road safety to children's at local schools and referred to lack of emergency access for emergency services.

Mr Pollard said they also wanted a firm undertaking about land designated as public open space on the plan. OPPONENTS of a major housing scheme in Ridge Avenue, Burnley, will attend tomorrow's Planning Committee meeting.

Developers are planning to build 110 dwellings on the site near to the top of Queen's Park

The original scheme for 129 houses was refused as being intrusive, detrimental and out of character with the surrounding area.

The revised plan is for 96 buildings which form 110 dwellings. It is being recommended for approval by the head of planning services subject to a number of conditions.

These concern the transfer of an area of open land to the council, receipt of written confirmation from the highway authority that the access is satisfactory and that satisfactory provision is made for pedestrians and cyclists.

Open land at the top of the site is proposed for woodland planting.

One of the protesters, Queen's Park Road resident, Bernard Pollard, said the development brief for the site referred to any number of houses above 95 as being too intrusive and that the application should be refused on those grounds.

Opponents have also expressed fears about road safety to children's at local schools and referred to lack of emergency access for emergency services.

Mr Pollard said they also wanted a firm undertaking about land designated as public open space on the plan.

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