The primary school that used to be at the site closed two decades ago
The former Dales Fitness Centre site off Snowdon Way, North Bransholme(Image: Google Streetview)
Planning approval has been confirmed for 48 bungalows on the site of a former primary school and boxing centre in North Bransholme. Planning committee councillors gave their approval last September for the scheme on the former site of Dales Primary School and Dales Fitness Centre on land south of Snowdon Way.
However, due to a Sport England objection, the proposal was subject to possible call-in and refusal by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Steve Reed. The sporting body had objected due to the site’s former hosting of a school playing field and the loss of a possible sporting facility the development would result in.
It argued that as the land remained council-owned, the local authority “were it so-minded, would have the resources to bring the playing field back into use”. It also noted Hull’s play pitch strategy being assessed last year had identified shortfall in provision for several sports, including rugby league.
Officials on behalf of the Secretary of State confirmed there would be no call-in in February. The further delay in the scheme officially getting planning approval has involved the signing of a S106 agreement linked to it.
This has now been completed in recent days, removing the last barrier to full planning permission for the development. The housing will be a mixture of dormer bungalows, which are one-and-a-half storeys tall, and bungalows, which are one-storey.
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There will be 33 three-bed homes and 15 two-bed. Azza Construction Limited was the applicant.
An early planning document indicated it is to be built for Pickering & Ferens Housing Association, which specialises in independent living for individuals aged over 60. The S106 agreement requires five homes to be affordable housing, where it is sold or rented at 80 per cent of local market value or lower, and £342 to the council for affordable housing generally.
Larger cash contributions are expected from the developer for other elements. These include £48,000 towards open space near the development, and £5,000 with the option of a further £2,000 top-up to monitor that the scheme meets its 10 per cent biodiversity net gain requirements. But it is trees that will be the largest S106 agreement cash outlay for the developer.
The developer will be required to pay £50 for each tree planted and another £886 per tree for their maintenance afterwards. Trees are being felled at the site and documents indicate a ratio of two trees planted off site for each one felled, as well as three trees for each home built. This means at least 144 trees are set to be planted off-site.
Based on this, the developer will end up paying over £130,000 towards the planting and maintenance of off-site trees.
The primary school that used to be at the site closed two decades ago. A health centre and Dales Fitness Centre then followed in the use of the site, before its most recent use as a boxing centre.
This stopped several years ago, and the council issued a £150,000 contract in 2023 for the building’s demolition after it had become a focal point for arson and anti-social behaviour.
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