Hourigan Connolly have been instructed by ELE Advanced Technologies (ELEAT) to prepare an outline planning application for residential development at ELE Advanced Technologies, Cotton Tree Lane, Colne. This website is intended to provide some initial details of the proposals and invite people to comment.
Background
Planning permission was granted in June 2020 (App. Ref. No: 19/0962/FUL) for an extension to ELEAT’s existing factory. Since then, an opportunity has arisen for ELEAT to relocate its business to Lomeshaye Industrial Estate in Nelson and an associated Reserved Matters application has been approved by Committee and we await the formal Decision Notice.
Should planning permission be granted for the redevelopment of the Cotton Tree Lane site, the site would be put on the market for future residential development as opposed to being marketed for an unrestricted industrial use, which is how the site currently operates.
We are undertaking a period of consultation on the draft residential proposals that will run until 11 December 2020. When the planning application has been submitted, Pendle Borough Council will notify surrounding residents as part of their own consultation process. You will then have a further opportunity to submit comments on the proposals directly to the Council, however, we welcome your comments at this early stage.
Proposals
The planning application will be in outline (all matters reserved except access). This means that it will seek to establish the principle of housing on the site and how the site will be accessed. It will not be seeking approval for the exact location, size, or style of homes or the landscaping or road pattern within the site. That would need to be the subject of a separate application in the future.
Although the exact layout will not be fixed until a future planning application, the application will be supported by detailed reports, addressing things like flood risk and ground conditions. We have prepared an indicative layout for the site to show one way in which around 65 new 3, 4 and 5-bed homes based upon the findings of these reports to illustrate how homes could be accommodated on the site.
This indicative layout can be downloaded by clicking here.
The leaflet posted to residents immediately adjacent to the site can be downloaded by clicking here.
How to comment
By email (preferred):
feedback@houriganconnolly.com using “Cotton Tree Lane” as the email subject line.
Online:
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By Post:
Cotton Tree Lane consultation
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