Public get to consider urban expansion plans for Sleaford

The proposals for the Sleaford West Sustainable Urban Extension site include up to 1,400 houses, a care home, a primary school and secondary education facility, employment land, a local centre comprising shops, health centre, community centre, hotel, pub/restaurant, public open spaces and sports pitches.

It is proposed for land east of the A15 and west of The Drove, Stokes Drive, St Deny’s Avenue and Covel Road in Sleaford.

To broaden opportunities for public engagement and consultation over this major scheme, North Kesteven District Council is hosting a display of the submitted application at The Source, on Sleaford’s Southgate on Thursday, May 26, from 3pm to 7pm.

Members of the public are invited to attend and find out more detail.

This application is for one of two Sustainable Urban Extensions proposed for Sleaford as part of the strategy to deliver over 4,400 new houses, additional employment land and infrastructure improvements to the town over the next 20 years in line with the emerging Central Lincolnshire Local Plan and the adopted Sleaford Masterplan.

The plans and documents submitted in support of the Sleaford West application can be viewed online at www.n-kesteven.gov.uk/planningonline using the application number 16/0498/OUT.

Further application details will also be available on the council’s website at www.n-kesteven.gov.uk/sleafordwest, and the application can also be viewed at the District Council offices in Sleaford, or through prior appointment with the clerk to Sleaford Town Council.

Deadline for representations to be made is Thursday, June 23.

Anybody wishing to make representations about the application should make them in writing via the council’s planning online service, to NKDC, Kesteven Street, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 7EF (marked for the attention of ‘Development Management’), or by email to [email protected] giving their name and postal address, by June 23. Any comments made will be kept on public files.