Homes coming thick and fast in Amble

At Tuesday’s meeting of Northumberland County Council’s strategic planning committee, members are recommended to approve the outline application for land north-east of Amble Sewage Treatment Works, off Percy Drive.

At its last meeting, earlier this month, the committee gave the go-ahead to an outline bid for up to 500 homes to the south and south-east of James Calvert Spence College, off Acklington Road.

This latest scheme, which would take the total number of new homes approved in the Friendliest Port since the start of September to 772, was one of two unveiled by Barton Willmore and Cheviot Holdings in March. The second – known as Hauxley View – is for 166 homes to the west of the A1068.

The Percy Drive scheme would feature a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced properties.

The developer will be required to sign a section 106 legal agreement to provide a total of 15 per cent affordable homes, equating to 27 for social rent and 14 for sale at discount market value or shared ownership. Financial contributions will also be sought for education, healthcare, sport and play, and ecological mitigation.