Objections over amended plans to change size of Hartlepool Marina homes
Objections have been lodged over proposals to make further amendments to a planned housing development to incorporate larger homes.
An application has been submitted by Jomast to Hartlepool Development Corporation to vary a previously approved scheme for new properties on land off Fleet Avenue, Maritime Avenue and Mainsforth Terrace.
The application focuses on sites two and three of a wider housing development encompassing hundreds of homes across several Hartlepool Marina sites.
Planning documents in support argue the changes will be a “material improvement” to what is currently approved and deliver “better design quality” and “a more balanced housing mix”.
Site two, located at the end of Maritime Avenue, is earmarked for 38 homes, which is unchanged in number from the existing permission.
Yet the revised scheme seeks to replace 20 two-storey homes for three-storey properties and would result in 20 four bed and 18 two bed houses being provided.
The existing permission delivers seven two bed and 31 three-bed properties.
The area would also house 158 apartments under the new plans, four fewer than currently permitted.
Meanwhile, site three, located on the corner of Maritime Avenue and Fleet Avenue, will deliver 37 homes, which is again unchanged from the existing permission.
However, it would now include a mix of 16 two-storey two bed and 21 three-storey four bed homes – compared to the currently allowed 20 two bed and 17 three bed properties.
All of the houses would benefit from two dedicated parking spaces as they do under the existing permission.
It comes after similar proposals from Jomast were recently approved to vary other parts of the development to provide larger four bed homes despite concerns being raised by nearby residents.
Around half a dozen objections have again been submitted over the latest plans.
Worries have been raised around the lack of need for the properties, loss of privacy, overcrowding, parking issues, greater noise nuisance and the increased height of homes impacting visual amenity.
Application documents note the new designs “draws inspiration from Hartlepool’s rich history and heritage” and “seek to celebrate the town’s industrial port and naval character” while creating a “smoother” transition in building height.
A planning statement adds that “the amended scheme represents a material improvement” over what is currently approved.