Final stage of huge new Derby suburb Boulton Moor as decision due on 250 more homes

The scheme, from JSC Farming and Central Land Holdings, comprises the third phase of the Boulton Moor development with 250 homes to be built off Shardlow Road, close to the A6 Thulston Roundabout, on land currently used for allotments.

South Derbyshire District Council is set to decide the plans at a meeting on Tuesday, January 7, with planning officials recommending approval.

The developer says new allotments would be allocated on a further nearby development, “The Triangle”, 500 metres away, which would also be home to leisure and community facilities.

However, the time and effort put into cultivating the existing allotments would be lost.

The 250-home plan would form the third phase of the overall Boulton Moor development, which will effectively create a new 2,600-home village attached to the city, though this phase had been earmarked for 200 homes.

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This phase includes the last housing development within the new suburb, with a remaining phase to focus on recreational facilities aimed at supporting thousands of homes – along with a footbridge over the A6.

Of the planned 250 homes, 75 would be classed as affordable housing.

Meanwhile, 30 two-bed bungalows would also be built as part of the scheme, along with 37 flats.

A total of 17 residents have filed objections to the council over the plans, raising issues over the loss of the allotments, impact on wildlife, lack of shops, restaurants, bars, school spaces and GP surgery capacity, and an increase in noise and traffic.

Officials from Derbyshire County Council have requested £1,183,623 for the expansion of the newly built Clover Leys Spencer Academy, £2,130,995 for the anticipated Infinity Park Spencer Academy secondary school, £197,543 for special educational needs support for children, and £17,618 for library supplies.

District council officials have requested £372 per person for open space improvements, £220 per person for outdoor facilities and £511 for health improvements.

Facilities such as shops, a care home, schools, businesses, a transport hub and electric vehicle charging stations are already approved within other stages of the area’s development.

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Recommending approval, they write: “The loss of the allotments, which have arisen within consultation responses received by the local planning authority, has been carefully reviewed and considered.

“Whilst the development proposal will result in the loss of the former allotment area, these will be re-provided on the ‘Triangle’ site, within 500 metres from the site hereby under consideration.

“Persimmon Homes have submitted a reserved matters application at the ‘Triangle’ site which is currently pending determination. This application incorporates an allotments provision. As a result, there will be no overall loss of allotments in the area.

“The proposed outline planning submission, with all matters reserved for the erection of residential development at Boulton Moor 3, which forms part of the allocated housing site for the Boulton Moor sustainable urban extension, is considered on balance to be acceptable, and is considered to be in accordance with the relevant local and national level planning policy.”