Planners give green light to Seagoe Road housing scheme in Portadown
Full planning permission has been granted for the construction of 12 semi-detached houses and one detached bungalow at Seagoe Road in Portadown.
The permission also includes access from The Glebe, the adjacent housing development.
Outline planning permission had already been granted in 2023, and while it meant that the development had been approved in principle, the housing element of it still needed to be granted approval.
The planning application was lodged by McCreanor & Co. Architects, Craigavon, on behalf of Paul Turkington, Hill Lane, Banfoot, Portadown.
ABC Planning officers explained in their report: “The site consists of an area of land between Seagoe Road and Northway.
“The site consists of a large, derelict two-storey dwelling and associated overgrown garden area, and an area of overgrown open space.
“Outline planning permission has been granted previously on the site for a residential housing development, comprising 12 semi-detached dwelling houses and one detached bungalow, complete with private garden, in-curtilage car parking and open amenity landscape area.
“Therefore, the principle for development has been established and this application seeks to only provide the housing element of that approval.
“Officers are of the opinion that the proposed development will not represent an incongruous and/or visually dominant form of development, to the detriment of the existing visual resource.
“Every dwelling has between 55 and 172m2 of private amenity space, well in excess of the minimum standard of 40m2.
“A detailed planting scheme is proposed throughout the site, which will visually soften both the internal layout of the proposed development, and also its interface with the surrounding developments.
“The proposed access to the main portion of the site is to be taken directly from the existing housing development, The Glebe, and then onto Seagoe Road.
“The application site is in close proximity to the former Seagoe [Old] School building, which is of special architectural or historic interest and is protected. The site also has the potential to impact upon [other listed buildings].
“Officers carried out a consultation with the Historic Environment Division: Historic Monuments (HED: HM) and Historic Environment Division (HED), Historic Buildings.
“[They] have considered the impacts of the proposal on the listed buildings, and on the basis of the information provided, advised that they are content with the proposal as presented.”