New housing planned for Holden Road clearance site

PEARL2, a joint venture company between Pendle Council and Barnfield Investment Properties, have confirmed that new housing will be built on the site.

Twelve new family homes will be built on the land which was cleared of terraced housing in 2009 as part of the regeneration proposals for the area.

The houses will be a mixture of three and four/five bedroom semi-detached and detached houses with gardens and off street parking.

Barnfield Construction will be the main contractor.

Councillor Tony Beckett, the Council's Executive member for Housing Regeneration, said: "I'm delighted with the unveiling of these new housing plans for this cleared site.

"The new family housing with gardens will bring a new housing offer to the canal corridor area of Brierfield."

All the houses will be for private sale, except for the smaller three bedroom houses. These will be offered as affordable housing.

Some of the houses will also be bought (through a pre-sale agreement) by residents whose homes are affected by demolition and who want to stay in the area.

Gareth Smith, Head of Regeneration at Barnfield Investment properties, said: "We hope that work on building the new houses could start on site in the New Year, with the site remediation work starting first.

"This will depend on planning permission and securing development funding."

Remediation work involves removing the old roads and utility services to ensure the site is ready for the actual construction work.

The new houses have been designed specifically for the site.

The front of the houses will be built in natural stone, with contrasting render. And they'll have a contemporary twist with the use of feature double height windows and glass 'Juliette' balconies.

Most of the houses will also have the added bonus of generous sized rear gardens as well as front gardens.

Julie Palmer who helps to manage housing regeneration in Brierfield at Pendle Council, said: "The type of new housing proposed on Holden Road will complement the adjoining new housing on the Quaker Heights development - the former Lob Lane Mill site.

"Together the schemes will provide a wide choice of different housing types, to meet the different needs and lifestyles of potential buyers."

If you'd like to see the plans you can call in at Number One Market Street, Nelson or Brierfield Town Hall and ask for application No 13/11/0557P

If you have any comments you have until 9th December 2011 to comment on the proposals.

The planning application will be reported to Brierfield and Reedley Committee on 6th December.

The final decision on planning consent will be delegated to the Council's Director (Regeneration) after the end of the public consultation period.