PLANS to build two houses on land have been granted.

Two applications were sent to council planners for permission in principle to construct a property on land between 111 and 113 Carr Mill Road, Billinge.

In documents in the plans, drawn up by P Wilson & Company on behalf of applicant Anita De Cunha Soares, it was said that the application site is in the green belt.

Both plans stated the applications “comprise the limited residential infilling of the existing built-up frontage of Carr Mill Road” adding that “as such, the principle of this development complies with exception ‘Limited Infilling in Villages’”.

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The application added “the proposed development is considered to be, in principle, compliant with both local and national green belt planning policy”.

The plans also cited the previous approval for two properties just to the north of the application site, in 2023.

Recommending approval, planning officer Alex Ball said in a report for both applications: "The site does not contain and is not adjacent to any protected habitats. 

"The previous permission on the site evidences that ecological matters can be resolved by condition or at the technical details consent stage.

"Therefore, the proposal would not be inappropriate development in the green belt, would not be an isolated home, would be sustainably located and would not have in principle highways or ecological issues."

Both applications were granted approval.