245-home plan 'will add £6.9m to local economy'

850 JOBS WILL BE SUPPORTED - DEVELOPER

- By GARETH LIGHTFOOT Local democracy reporter

A PLAN for 245 homes - said by the developers to support jobs for 850 people and generate £6.9m future spending in local shops - has been submitted for Wynyard Park.

Wynyard Park Ltd and Stonebridge Homes Ltd have applied for planning permission to build the homes on land off Bloomfield Drive.

The developers say they want to build on a 14.9-hectare piece of undeveloped agricultural land.

They propose to build the three-to five-bedroom homes near 240 homes already built by Story Homes and Avant Homes.

They say Stockton Council has already found the principle of development acceptable as the fields are part of a larger site allocated for about 1,100 homes under the authority's Local Plan, at a time of rising housing needs.

Agent Hedley Planning Services says in a planning statement the site will be accessed via Bloomfield Drive, branching from the Hanzard Drive roundabout, with bus stops on Hanzard Drive, and will be well connected to businesses at Tees Valley Court and Wynyard Business Park.