Planners to look again at house plan

PLANNING bosses at Warrington are to take a second look at a controversial plan to build a four bedroom detached house in the grounds of a former NHS care home.
Culcheth and Glazebury Parish Council has lodged objections to the scheme for the grounds of the former Fourways home in Twiss Green Lane, Culcheth.
Neighbours also oppose the scheme and there is also opposition from the borough council’s tree and woodland officer.
When the scheme first came before the borough’s planning committee in January officers recommended it be refused.
But the committee deferred a decision to allow the applicant time to address tree related issues.
Fourways has recently been converted into eight apartments and is now named Barton Mews. Neighbours argued that this alone would lead to an unacceptable increase in traffic on Twiss Green Lane.
An additional four bedroomed house in a limited space and on a dangerous corner would lead to challenging traffic conditions, they suggested.
“The area has been saturated with property over the past few years and the traffic on this stretch of Twiss Green Lane is bordering dangerous levels.
“This narrow lane is home to a local primary school and any more development of green field sites on this road should be stopped. Safety of our local children must be made paramount.”
The parish council argued that the development would obstruct a junction that was the main exit and entrance for residents of at least half of Twiss Green Lane, also Twiss Green Drive, Ivy House Gardens and Stainforth Close and other roads.
The tree and woodland officer said there were protected trees on the site which were a valuable amenity feature.
Planning officers said the development would lead to the potential loss of an area of mature protected tress of significant value which contribute to the visual amenity of Twiss Green Lane.