Revised plans in Pudsey to alter the access to Grade II Listed houses in Pudsey have been resubmitted to Leeds council – less than two months after initial proposals were refused.
The joint application by three householders wants to remove a shared access from Greenside and widen the existing driveway, build two new driveways and add drop kerbs and boundary treatments.
Proposals refused by council planners in July had attracted six objections from the public. The council’s highways department had concerns over road safety.
A planning statement submitted with the latest proposals states: “It is understood that concerns were raised about the removal of the green space outside the listed buildings during the previous application.
“To overcome these concerns we propose that the extended driveways are formed from a grasscrete (or similar) product that acts to reinforce the grass and provide a stable base for parking on. We have proposed that this is bordered with a stone sett edging to delineate the spaces. Soft landscaping has been proposed around the drives to further mask them.
“It is proposed that low level stone walls are built along the property boundaries to further delineate the spaces and provide each property with a private terrace area.
“Consent is also being sought for the extension to and resurfacing of the existing tarmac driveway at no 40 to provide two car parking spaces within.”
The report concludes: “The proposal contained within this application overcomes current parking issues for the three properties referred to and provides them all with their own parking spaces and private external terrace areas. The choice of materials proposed aim to reflect what is currently on site and aim to retain the green space that currently exists.
“This proposal should be seen as sustainable development that improves the properties in question and has no detrimental impact on the area or listed buildings.”
Access to two of the driveways would be via Greenside Grove.
The plans can be read in full here.
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It looks lovely as it is, and the green areas really set off the old buildings. If people are wanting to park cars out front, why didn’t they buy a more suitable house, this is going to end up looking like the front of a new build, just dominated by vehicles.
I looked up “grasscrete” on the internet and found some photographs. It looks horrible.