East Riding Council has approved plans for a former Cottingham stables to be converted into houses.
The plans, that were approved by the council on June 4, refer to the stables building on the land north-west of Harland Rise House on Harland Way. The plans explain the developer’s intention to convert the existing stables building into four homes whilst building an additional two detached houses next to the building.
To the north and west of the site is the larger Harland Gardens housing development, whilst the Cottingham High School and College is to the east.
According to a heritage assessment from 2019, the stables first appeared on the Ordnance Survey map in 1893, but documents that have been submitted to the council state that the both the building and the adjacent land, where the two new houses are to be built, have been vacant and unused for a number of years leading to them entering a “rundown and neglected state.”
Documents also explain that prior to this planning application, the intention was to demolish the stables and replace the building with new homes however, planning documents claim “the council were concerned about the loss of the stables as they retained original character and were seen as a non-designated heritage asset,” leading to this application which preserves the stables.
(Image: East Riding of Yorkshire Council Planning Portal)
It is also claimed in the submitted application that retaining and refurbishing the stables building rather than demolishing it and building new homes has “significantly reduced the number of homes that could be developed.”
The homes within the converted stables are set to range from one to four bedrooms whist the two new detached houses will have four to five bedrooms according to plans.
Access to the properties will be provided by a private road off the newly constructed road that serves the larger Harland Gardens housing development.
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