A DEVELOPMENT of 37 affordable and shared ownership homes on the outskirts of Falmouth has been given the go-ahead by Cornwall Council.

Coastline Housing had applied to build the homes on land north of Kergilliack Road, Penryn which it says will provide 100% affordable housing.

As part of the scheme Coastline will also provide 20 homes as social rent units.

With support from Cornwall Council and Homes England, the scheme will consists of 37 dwellings.

They will include:

  • Six one bedroom flats
  • Eight two bedroom houses
  • Five three bedroom houses
  • One four bedroom house

Seventeen of the units will be shared ownership and will consist of seven two bedroom houses and ten three bedroom houses.

An artists impression of how the affordable homes at Kergilliack will look. Credit 4D Architects Studio/ Cornwall Council Planning Register

An artist's impression of how the affordable homes at Kergilliack will look. Credit 4D Architects Studio/ Cornwall Council Planning Register

The development will also include a 1,000msq public open space.

Budock Parish Council had supported the overall design and layout of the proposed site, and supported the aim to provide a mixture of affordable homes for locals in an area where property values are relatively high.

However in its original submission it had objected to the location and thought a better and more acceptable solution would be to move it closer to Hillhead where there is a large grass verge.

They also objected to a proposed cycle path that exits onto Hillhead Road, saying it will exit onto an unlit road where there are no speed restrictions and could cause an accident.

They were also worried about construction traffic. “As a condition of approval it is imperative that a traffic management plan is agreed and implemented by Coastline and its contractors,” they said.

“This should include the following, agreed start times- on site parking for workers vehicles- construction and delivery vehicles must not wait in Kergilliack Road or Hillhead Road.”

There was only one public objection from Miss Elizabeth Laws on the grounds of the loss of a number of established trees; inadequate access; inadequate highways safety. “Kergilliack Road already too narrow for two way traffic,” she said.

Loss of ecological habitats; inadequate servicing; increase to flood risk. Foundations will cause water-logging beyond what is already an issue.

“Traffic generation up and down Hill Head which is already an extremely dangerous road,” she said