New homes refused for '˜industry' land

Plans for 30 houses on land previously earmarked for industry have been refused by councillors '“ despite officer recommendation for approval.

The borough’s planning committee met last Tuesday to consider the outline application for 30 dwellings which were to be accessed off Station Road, in Kirton.

The area was originally planned in 2012 as somewhere for industry and businesses to go.

Concerns were raised over traffic, with worries about an increase in vehicles leaving Station Road onto the A16, as well as joining industrial vehicles from nearby factories and businesses.

An alternative entry from Wash Road was also met with similar worries.

These concerns were echoed by the parish council, which also raised the issues of potential contamination from a tyre fire in 2003 and the ‘overdevelopment’ of the village.

Lincolnshire County Council highways – the statutory consultee for traffic safety – had raised no objection to the plans.