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Plans approved for 128 homes on farmland site

Martin Heath/BBC A red sign directing construction traffic to the Malabar estate. The project has only just started, so in the background is fencing and a van but no homes. The site is mostly muddy farmland, but it also has trees and bushes.Martin Heath/BBC
The plans are part of the 1,100-home development at Malabar Farm, west of Daventry

Plans to build 128 homes on farmland near the edge of a town have been given the go-ahead.

The application to West Northamptonshire Council was part of a 1,100-home development at Malabar Farm, west of Daventry.

Blueprints showed the wider scheme would feature a mixture of properties and be located close to a proposed primary school.

Councillors approved the application during a strategic planning committee meeting on Tuesday.

Spitfire Homes An artist's impression of what homes in the new development could look like. There is a road with houses either side, trees and pavements for people to walk on.Spitfire Homes
The 128-home development will feature a mix of apartments, two-bedroom and three-bedroom homes

The site would feature nine one-bed apartments, 47 two-bedroom homes and 72 three-bedroom properties, all featuring off-road parking, council documents showed.

Two objections were made by residents concerned about the impact of the extra homes on nearby roads and infrastructure.

"This will cause long term problems for Daventry residents," one person wrote.

"The main town and its through road cannot be widened and will cause major bottlenecks in future years."

No objections were made by Daventry Town Council.

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