PLANS by a farming family to build four bungalows on land opposite the old School House in Glewstone have been submitted to Herefordshire planners.

The applicant, E C Drummond (Agriculture) Ltd which produces fruits, cereals and leguminous crops in the Ross-on-Wye area, has previously entered into pre-application discussions with Herefordshire Council and stated that the site would constitute a modest infill and is locationally sustainable.

The agent Tompkins Thomas Planning said that that development will be only one-and-a-half storeys high to match adjacent properties.

The agent explained that the proposed development would be laid out so the dwellings would be set back from the village road beyond the shared internal drive, but orientated towards the carriageway with south-facing gardens.

Glewstone has been identified as a village settlement where proportionate growth is appropriate.

The site is served by an existing field gate, at roughly the mid-point of the field’s northern perimeter, but this would be closed and a new access created with the requisite setting back of the replacement hedgerow planting to provide visibility splays.

An internal shared drive would also be created along with the necessary drainage works, engineering works and hard and soft landscaping.

The four three-bedroomed detached bungalows will have a profile and be constructed of materials that reflects the village vernacular.

It is proposed that each property will have two parking spaces along with a detached double garage/cycle store.

The dwellings have gabled forms with shallow spans and traditional roof pitches.

The proposal has been designed with climate change in mind and includes many energy saving and generating techniques: building orientation is appropriate for solar panels; the building fabrics will deliver high standards of thermal insulation and thermal mass.

The dwellings will include air source heat pumps and underfloor heating systems throughout.

The land proposed for development is comprised of gently sloping arable land of minor ecological interest.

The agent concluded: “The development, which draws on the form and materiality of established housing in the area, but which is brought together in a contemporary manner which is representative of high quality 21st century development.

The development is also highly sustainable. A combination of solar panels and air source heat pumps will provide a degree of heating for the dwellings which will minimise reliance on energy from the grid.

Comments on the application, number P260887/F can be made via Herefordshire Council’s planning by Thursday, May 7.

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