Gleeson 70-home site recommended for approval
The housebuilder is looking to develop a 7.5-acre former residential plot in Leeholme, County Durham, in a scheme designed by Ergo and supported by Pegasus.
The site is currently vacant grassland, following the demolition of 1920s terraced housing sometime in the 1980s.
Located on land east of Buckingham Terrace and Coundon, the site is divided in two by a central row of trees, with the larger north portion surrounded by terraced houses on three sides.
The southern area is bordered by terraced housing on Osbourne Street to the east, allotments to the west, and open countryside to the south.
Given the previous housing on the site, there is already an existing road network and access points.
The suggested housing mix is for one- and two-storey buildings of two- to four-bedrooms, with eight bungalows and seven affordable units in the mix.
Leeholme village is around two miles north east of Bishop Auckland and was built to house miners and their families following the opening of Leasingthorpe Colliery in 1836.
