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Advice to Kevin Keddie

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Enquiry

From
Kevin Keddie
Date advice given
16 January 2015
Enquiry type
Email

As requested to be sent in writing before the 19th January 2015. The request came from the Planning Inspectorate Committee and Mr Rynd Smith made the request. I state the following; the land at Black bridge farm facing Redcar Road, TS11 8LE. This land was purchased in approximately 1980 and was purchased after receiving expert advice as future development land, being the next open field at Marske facing Redcar road. It was advisable to purchase the land as a future pension for myself and my wife. Since the meeting on 13/1/2015, I have asked for expert advice again. Ward Hadaway, a large company of planning advise lawyers based in Newcastle have been paid a retainer every year for 16/17 years, in which they have been in contact with the Local authority and every year it has been positive in that it is getting closer to develop.

  1.  We confirm that Taylor Wimpey had wished to have a contract with ourselves which we had signed, to develop the land. Then within approximately two weeks, they had written to our solicitors, basically stating that they were not going ahead , and stated that the reason for this was ?Forewind. The impending Forewind planning application for the off shore wind farm and associated infrastructure has potential to sterilise a significant portion of your site reducing its developable area and therefore its attractiveness as an opportunity.?

  2.  The solicitor dealing with this was Thorpe Parker, who wrote to ourselves, see quote further on.

  3.  Confirm that planning approval has been given for a large entrance for large articulated lorries and for a volume of traffic as if the land is already developed for domestic or commercial use.

  4.  The NFU have advised us the following; that since April 2014, the government have given us the 56 day rule which states that any agricultural buildings can be turned into domestic dwellings without any planning approval needed. Further to this, since April 2013, the government gave us the 56 day rule which means that any agricultural building can be turned into any industrial or commercial building, again without planning permission being needed, meaning that this land is now not agricultural.

  5.   Confirm to what I stated at the meeting on January 13th 2015 that a new developer was going to put in for planning permission shortly.

  6.  The land has been previously intruded upon twice by Northumbrian Water, for main sewerage pipes, which caused major disruption. In hindsight this makes the land more viable for development but it has been at great cost to ourselves. (Northumbrian water confirms that these pipes can be used for all sewerage for residential development on the field.)

  7.  We have had expert advice since the meeting about the land development. Since it is near the sea it is ideal for seaside bungalows, first time housing or even a holiday park to replace the one that use to be in Marske many years ago.

  8.  The land is in a prime position with excellent views facing south, looking over the Cleveland Hills.

  9.  ?Forewind. The impending Forewind planning application for the off shore wind farm and associated infrastructure has potential to sterilise a significant portion of your site reducing its developable area and therefore its attractiveness as an opportunity.?
  10. The NFU, to which we are a member, have given a lot of expert advice concerning this particular field over the last few years.

Advice given

Many thanks for your email, a copy will be published next week and forwarded to the Examining Authority (panel of Inspectors) along with all other Deadline VIII documents.

In the meantime, please note the full action points have now been published and the link to these has been forwarded to you in a separate email from the project mailbox by my colleague, Richard White. I would like to draw your attention particularly to 1.1 and 1.3, if you are unable to send any attachments to your submissions by email, please submit these by post as a matter of urgency in order to meet Monday's deadline.

If you have any queries regarding this or any other matter, please do not hesitate to contact me.