Green light tipped for more than 50 homes on grazing land

Detailed plans to build more than 50 homes on grazing land in Manchester are set to get the thumbs up. Stockport-based contractor Towerhouse Systems has applied for reserved matters approval for 57 two-storey houses on a plot off Cringle Road. Also included in the plan is access off Cringle Road, car parking, landscaping, boundary treatment and other works.The reserved matters application is for the approval of appearance, layout, scale and landscaping, following the approval of outline permission.Of the proposed homes, 29 would be four-bed and 28 three-bed, with 11 of the properties be affordable. They would be available on a shared ownership basis and are set to be delivered by the applicant alongside Southway Housing.The application site is approximately four acres and forms an area of open land which was formerly used for the grazing of animals. The land also forms part of a wider area of semi natural open space ‘Highfield Country Park’, together with open space which straddles the Manchester and Stockport administrative boundaries. Planning officials have recommended the proposals are approved with conditions ahead of a Manchester City Council planning and highways committee on Thursday 2 September.