Detailed approval sought for 50 homes as part of Torrington creamery masterplan

More than 50 homes which are part of a huge masterplan for Torrington have come forward for detailed planning approval.

The homes are earmarked for the former water treatment works site on Rolle Road and form part of the former old Dairy Crest creamery masterplan for 121 new homes, retail and employment land.

Outline planning permission was granted for 52 homes in 2022 but Torridge District Council will now consider the reserved matters application, covering access, appearance, landscaping, layout and the scale of the development, which will include 36 detached and 16 semi-detached two-storey properties.

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Applicant FRP Advisory Limited is proposing eight two-bed, 30 three-bed and 14 four-bed homes for the site.

Vehicle access to the site is proposed from Limer’s Hill to the east, using an estate road previously established as part of a nearby housing scheme.

Developers plan to retain mature trees and hedges throughout the site and plant 51 new trees and infill hedgerows and hedge bank.

The proposals include an area of allotments in the north west corner and a new footpath will connect the development site to Rolle Road. There will be pedestrian links and cycle routes into the neighbouring sites.

Planning documents say that while the proposal will deliver just 0.25 hectares of open green space, a total of two hectares of public open space will be delivered across the entire masterplan site, which will allow for recreation. 

The former treatment works was decommissioned more than 20 years ago and later bought by developers.

This along with the old Dairy Crest site, which closed in 1993, became a target for vandalism and the area was long described as ‘an eyesore’, with various fires over the years.

The creamery was demolished two years ago in preparation for redevelopment.

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