Bellway Update

Bellway have provided the following update on the 9th July 2021:

Eight plots are 1st lift brickwork and above.

The two show houses are due to have roof trusses installed in the next 7-10 days (16th ~ 29th July) and then we should be working internally i.e 1st fix a couple of week after that.

Another 15no. plots are being worked on at a sub-structure level including those along Bourne Terrace.

Road Names on Klondyke

Thank you to everyone who made suggestions for the roadnames on Klondyke (Bourne View).

From the names suggested the Post office have agreed that the roads will be named:

Clay Pond Way
Ostrich Close
Foxes Close

Bellway Update March 2021

The utility works are continuing to the front of the site as planned. BT works await confirmed date by BT.

The temporary access road is in use, residents are using the temporary access whilst the construction of the new road is ongoing.

On site we are continuing with the construction of the foul and storm drainage and a large section of road has had tarmac laid.

1st foundations have been poured for the show homes and 1st occupation plots.

Our compound area within the site will be taking shape towards the end of March.

Bellway expect the first homes to be occupied before Jan 2022.

Footpath closure (posted Feb 2021)

The Public footpath (number 7) which runs from the bottom of Bourne Hill, behind Bourne Cottages along side the A137 on the edge of Klondyke field, will be closed from the 29th of March 2021 until 29th July 2021 to allow for the installation of high voltage cables as part of the Klondyke development.

 

Bellway update

Bellway have provided the following update on the Klondyke development progress - 12th Feb 2021

The current site progress is as follows;

The utility works have commenced to the front of the site as planned.

The temporary access road is under construction and residents will be advised of the necessary switch over when needed as previously stated,

On site we have started construction of the foul and storm drainage and a section of road is almost ready for tarmac.

 

Bellway have provided the following answer to residents questions:

1) Will there be 300mm of trellis on top of the fence down by Puddleducks, like their is on top of the fence behind Homes on Bourne Hill?

Answer: No, it is only intended to put the trellis on the Bourne Hill side fence, drawing ref 8885/25E as per the submitted and approved proposal.

2) There is a lot of activity in Bourne Hall Park field, up by the kennels, Can Bellway confirm if it is intended to store the Top Soil from Klondyke at this site?

Answer: We (Bellway) are looking at the possibility of soil storage off site. Nothing has been agreed on this matter as we are seeking options

3) Discussion with site team indicate the plan is to put the site perimeter fence up 1m in from the edge of site, this will create a potential rubbish dump / overgrown area?

Answer: The gap is more like 300mm rather than 1m and so there isn’t maintenance strip as such.  This is as close as we can build to the existing fences without affecting the original fencing.

4) Tree safety work In Woodland: Due to start on Monday the 16th of November and last until Christmas, workmen on site 2 days a week.

5) As the Bellway boundary fence on the Puddleducks side comes tight against the pubbdleducks fence we seem to have lost the buffer strip?

Answer: The agreed plans placed the boundary (fence) along the boundary. The buffer is a landscaped visual space only. There are issues with creating corridors which are not overlooked and this is something we (Bellway) are not proposing here.

6) Water Main 11th Nov.: One of the bellway diggers fractured a water main, this was repaired, but additional work had to be carried out by Anglian water and the hydrant in front of Puddleducks also had to be replaced.

7) The new Bellway site fence is too close to my exisiting fence to enable me to maintain it.

Answer: Bellway have located the boundary fence in a ccordance with the approved drawings 8885 – 25E Boundary Treatments Plan. The Planning office has confirmed that they have no jurisdiction over fence location and any dispute would be a civil matter. The design out crime team believe that the creation of space where individuals can move about unsee (as might be created if the fence gap was larger) is undesireable.

8) Mud on Bourne Hill and Bourne Terrace:

Following concerns by some residents about the amount on mud on Bourne Terrace and Bourne Hill, Bellway and MDC have undertaken to monitor the situaton and make sure the roadways are kept swept.

 

Notes from Bellway Holmes and Wherstead Parish Council 13th Feb 2020 At Wherstead Village Hall and Responses from Bellway

 

Attending:

Sarah Cornwell: Bellway Holmes
David Baldry: Chair Wherstead PC
Sarah Knibbs: Treasurer Wherstead PC
Doug Cobb: Wherstead PC
Nigel Moyes: Wherstead PC
Robin Coates: Wherstead PC

Members of the general Public joined in a drop-in session from 15.00.

Actions:

  1. Sarah C to confirm the width of the separation between the rear of the houses on Bourne Hill and 1st floor of the houses on the development, particularly focussing on plot 57 and 58.

 

See below – I have measured this approximately from the first floor window to both the boundary and the rear of the houses on Bourne Hill (whatever is the closest house). I have calculated in both Metres and Feet

 

Plot number

Distance to boundary

Distance to boundary

Distance to back of existing house

Distance to back of existing house

Metres

Feet

Metres

Feet

57

12

39

45

145

58

22

72

57

178

59

22

72

59

193

60

28

91

62

203

61

25

82

62

203

62

21

68

62

203

63

23

75

57

187

66

23

75

64

209

67

23

75

64

209

68

23

75

66

216

69

28

91

70

229

 

Distance from plot 8 to end of Bourne Terrace = 22m / 72ft.  There is also no window in the side of the Chandler house type for plot 8.

 

Distance from plot 9 – to nursery building = 10m / 32ft  There are no windows in the side of the Baker housetype. 

 

  1. Sarah C to confirm the affordable housing allocation is 30% (Pigeon had previously quoted 35%).

 

Apologises – yes it is 35%

 

  1. Sarah C to confirm if lighting is proposed for the adopted road section of the development.

 

This is still under negotiation/ debate with Suffolk.  I am not expecting any speedy answer from SCC on this matter.

 

  1. Wherstead PC to write to Bellway homes advising them of concerns about the sewer capacity.

 

Thanks – I will pass this onto the technical department

 

  1. A number of the residents of Bourne Hill backing onto the site requested that Bellway include a six foot fence down the boundary of the site to the rear of their homes, for security and privacy. Sarah C to investigate and advise on the feasibility and discuss this further.

 

I have raised this internally.  We are currently investigating the costs for this and I will have to discuss with my manager to see whether this is something that can be incorporated.  There is the additional issue that there are some gates along this boundary and any new fence would not include gates, plus some people have already put fences up along their boundary. 

 

  1. Sara C to provide drawing showing the houses along the rear of Bourne Hill, so Bourne Hill residents can visualise the ‘face’ of the houses they will see from the rear of their gardens (although these may be obscured by the tree line in reality).

 

I attach the house types for the elevation along the rear of Bourne Hill.

SIlversmith country weatherboard

Silversmith Country brick

Scrivener country brick

Miliner country brick

Plots 57 and 58 appear tacked on, rather than part of the main development. Sarah C to confirm this is the best solution to integrate these into the development.

 

The reason that they might appear tacked on my the general public is that the private drive doesn’t extend all the way to the front of the house.  This is because it isn’t necessary as the drive extends to the garage area.  Residents therefore walk from their house to the garage area.  The two plots area surrounded by a hedge which provides a softer edge to the outer edge of the scheme rather than roads right up to the edge of the development.