The Little Hallam Hill site would have become home to 26 affordable houses
Plans to build affordable homes on the outskirts of a Derbyshire town have been rejected because the developer refused to pay for new school spaces. An undisclosed developer has been refused permission for 26 affordable homes off Little Hallam Hill in Ilkeston , opposite the Ambivet vets, following an Erewash Borough Council meeting last night .
“It is one of the most congested areas in Ilkeston during rush hour and school times. There is a twice-daily exodus of students from this site travelling as far as Cotmanhay. There are students walking and people with buggies and it is just an accident waiting to happen. In a country devastated by ash dieback, it should be sacrilege to cut down healthy trees.”
Cllr Howard said: “If 26 affordable houses are not accepted, why should anyone build houses here? We don’t want that precedent. It is likely that the developer will return with fewer houses, more expensive houses.” Steve Birkinshaw, the council’s head of planning, said the developer claimed they could not afford to pay the £117,288 owed for Section 106 payments for improvements to offset the scheme.
Cllr Ann Mills said: “It is completely perverse that a developer is building affordable houses and has to pay Section 106 when developers of a fast food restaurant do not.” Cllr Harry Atkinson, deputy mayor, said: “If we don’t make them pay this Section 106 the council council will be out £109,000 instead.
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