Len Norman said that the proposed scheme of 20 houses and 14 flats at The Old Canning Factory and Chellow Dene, Plat Douet Road, should be welcomed. Antler Homes have applied for permission to demolish The Old Canning Factory and Chellow Dene to build the 34 homes.
‘I have no problem with the principle of development on the site,’ he said. ‘It’s a commercial site and I welcome the development.’
Mr Norman recently objected to plans in the draft Island Plan to rezone fields in the parish so that houses could be built but he said that this site was already developed.
‘This is in the built-up area,’ he said. ‘There is already development on this site. It is not taking agricultural land. It is 34 more homes that we don’t need in the countryside.’
