Tenants & Residents Association Backs Proposed New Chester-le-Street Property Scheme

A planning application for a new residential development near Chester-le-Street has won the support of the local tenants and residents association.Over the last three months, Durham-headquartered Banks Property has been carrying out a range of consultations with local people, community groups and businesses about plans for a new housing scheme on a 7.4 hectare site on Pelton Lane in Pelton. As part of this work, a number of meetings have been held with the Newfield & Pelton Lane Ends Residents Association to allow its members to ask questions about and obtain full details of the proposed scheme, which will be comprised of up to 190 new family homes. And now, Norman Long, chair of the group, has written to Durham County Council on its behalf, outlining its support for the proposals.More than 60 people attended four drop-in sessions that Banks Property put on in the local area in December and January, with the overwhelming majority of feedback received about the project plans being favourable. Ideas for how the new development could support local priorities for community improvement have also been discussed during the consultation process. The planning application is expected to come before Durham County Council’s planning committee in the coming months.