Over 50 new homes planned for former Newbold School site
Plans have been announced for 56 new homes to built on the former Newbold School site in Chesterfield.
The 4.8 acres of land is to be sold to Miller Homes by Chesterfield Borough Council and Derbyshire County Council for a mix of two, three, four and five bedroom houses. Most of the houses will be two storey properties, with four planned to be two-and-a-half storey homes and one a bungalow.
The residential area would be accessed from Newbold Road and covers a rectangular area that is also next to Loundsley Green Road and Newbold Back Lane.
The land has been vacant since Derbyshire County Council demolished the former Newbold School in 2006. It is allocated as a site that is suitable for housing, although planning permission will be required before the development could go ahead.
When a planning application is submitted the council will seek agreement for up to 30 per cent of the houses to be affordable homes and require Miller Homes to make a Community Infrastructure Levy payment that will contribute to education and open spaces facilities, such as playgrounds, in the borough.
Councillor Terry Gilby, Chesterfield Borough Council’s deputy leader and cabinet member for planning, said: “This is an important site in the town and if planning permission is approved then having 56 homes on this site would make an important contribution to the borough’s housing needs.
“It would also deliver that housing on a brownfield site that is already allocated as being suitable for housing, subject to the correct planning permission being in place.”
Derbyshire County Council’s cabinet member for council services, Councillor Andy Botham, said: “This proposal shows how two authorities can work together to provide much-needed affordable housing in Derbyshire.”
Miller Homes is intending to carry out initial public consultation with local residents in the coming weeks ahead of submitting a formal planning application.
Newbold School, which has since been renamed Outwood Academy Newbold, moved off Newbold Road in 2006 to merge its lower and upper schools on a single site in Highfield Lane.
