06-08-2025
Appeal lodged after plan for 250 homes in Glinton is rejected
A developer has lodged an appeal against a decision to turn down plans for 250 homes in a Developments submitted an outline application last year to Peterborough City Council for the homes off Peakirk Road, Glinton, alongside a children's play area and public open plans received 137 objections, with some criticising the scale of the development while others raised traffic council refused the application in May, claiming that the development would have resulted in the "erosion of the countryside gap".
Gladman Developments has now appealed to the secretary of state against that decision, and the case will be reviewed by a planning inspector, says the Local Democracy Reporting Randall, vice-chairman of Glinton Parish Council, was among those who raised concerns about the village being able to cope with hundreds more the time of the refusal, he said: "The roads are really badly congested in the morning and evenings, so adding an extra 250 homes and the traffic that involves would have been quite a burden on the village."Last month, the council reversed a decision to turn down plans for a 95-home development in the Group appealed against the council's refusal, which led to a public inquiry, and the authority decided to drop its evidence against the sites in the village – at Peakirk Road and Glinton Road – have been earmarked for a total of 355 homes as part of Peterborough City Council's Draft Local Gladman Developments and the council have been approached for comment.
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