REVISED plans have been submitted which could see over 60 homes built in the heart of Prudhoe.
Planning permission is being sought for 64 houses on land known locally as the legion or allotment site south of Broomhouse Lane, Station Road.
The former application was for 61 homes and 10 apartments in a separate block.
Prudhoe Town Council objected to these plans last year over concerns for parking, highways safety and traffic, affordable housing, design, amenity, sustainable drainage systems and flooding risks.
It was proposed that 31 of the dwellings and the 10 apartments would be accessed via the Tilley Crescent cul-de-sac of the Castlefields estate.
Original plans had outlined only five homes would use this route.
The plans followed earlier applications for 100 and later 110 new homes on the land owned by the Duke of Northumberland’s property arm Northumberland Estates in 2013 and 2016 respectively.
The updated plans for the site now consider different road layouts that would reduce reliance on Tilley Crescent and consideration of secondary access from Broomhouse Lane, developers say.
Affordable housing plots on site have also been updated now the apartment building is lost.
There will be five different housing types if the development is approved, ranging from two-bedroom homes to four-bedroom homes.
There will be six two-bedroom, split-level houses with parking on the lower ground floor, 13 four-bedroom, split-level houses with a garage on the upper ground floor and part room in the roof, a further 13 four-bedroom, split-level houses with a garage on the lower ground floor, 14 three-bedroom,-split level houses with a garage on the upper ground floor and 18 three-bedroom, split-level bungalows with a garage on the lower ground floor.
Plans also show a landscaped open space and a designated space for informal play.
Eight of the houses are listed as affordable under the new plans.
In 2021, a pre-application was also submitted to Northumberland County Council for the erection of a 72-unit care home with associated staff and communal facilities, parking, access and landscaping.
Ward councillor Gordon Stewart said: "I encourage everyone who has a view on this application to take part in the consultation process."
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