Birds Eye plan to build 185 homes on Hessle Road factory site delayed
Controversial plans for 185 homes on the site of the former Birds Eye factory have been deferred.
The proposals put forward by the owner were set to be considered by Hull City Council's planning committee yesterday.
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PLANS: The former Birds Eye site off Hessle Road.
But councillors decided on a site visit and the application will now go before the next meeting on Wednesday, March 6.
A petition has been signed by 130 residents backing plans for the housing development despite being recommended for refusal by planning officials.
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Birds Eye wants to build 185 homes on the land off Hessle Road along with some light industrial units.
The site has lain empty since the pea processing plant closed in 2007.
Two years ago, Birds Eye sought permission for 260 homes on the site but it was rejected by the council because the land is designated for commercial use.
Birds Eye believes the compromise between residential and industrial use should help with the application's success.
The redevelopment of the 65,000sq ft area of land will include seven commercial units alongside the homes.




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by Guildhalldog
Saturday, February 09 2013, 1:52PM
“News flash this land has been set out for industrial only not housing so get over it. Its in the city plans dating back to 2000. If people move into an area that has had or still has industrial uses then they should accept that it will be used for that again. The city boundary is too tight to move large scale sites (like this one) round and so has to use what it has. If the NIMBY's don't like it MOVE!”
by IloveHull
Friday, February 08 2013, 12:27PM
“If the council agreed to most projects they would soon be out of a job as sitting on the plans for months and years mean they still have a job with a brilliant pay packet.”
by unified
Thursday, February 07 2013, 5:31PM
“Donntwdo
. The councillors get paid whether they go or not, whether it is decided this or next week
The request to build housing only was rejected and supported by the National planning officer in Bristol when Birds appealed He said if you build houses on every piece of land, where does industry build when the economy changes.
He also said residents in West Hull have a reasonable expectations of wanting to work in their own neighbourhood
travellers have only got on to the site once since the factory was demolished and not every 3/4 months
Booth ferry park has never be zoned as industrial land so was allowed for houses. It took many years to start though
Stewe129
No shops are planned for the site, because they don't make enough for the builders”
by ArthurHunt
Thursday, February 07 2013, 4:55PM
“@stewie219
Most people will agree with you but our views are censored. It's all down to Political correctness mate - an idealistic mindset of naive academics who never have lived outside the education system but who have influenced the minds of a generation of people who went on to infiltrate Parliament, the civil service, the judiciary and of course the education system itself..
They believe everyone is nice, that if you extend hospitality to these people they will respond accordingly. They are so out of touch they have obviously never mixed with the low life who will take the p*ss and bite the hand that feeds them (and flog any rings on the hand for scrap!) then laugh in your face as they burgle your house.....”
by stewie219
Thursday, February 07 2013, 3:50PM
“so g y p o ' s and p i k e y are not allowed , W H Y ????????”
by stewie219
Thursday, February 07 2013, 3:49PM
“why was the word gypsies starred i was un aware it was vulgar is ***** the same”
by stewie219
Thursday, February 07 2013, 3:47PM
“HCC sort yourself out get houses and shops up on that land instead of horses been tethered there with no food or water by idiots who live on gypsyville , they should be named and shamed and given the same treatment , the land really needs stripping completely as it is a haven for crime as there is loads of copper wire still buried under the concrete which has been discovered by the ****'s on Wiltshire road car park , ****'s have only ever been on the land once not every 3-4 months , I wish HCC bailiffs would operate as quick as they did as to ever owns the land”
by Ianm_hull
Thursday, February 07 2013, 1:07PM
“HDM - clarify "Controversial" - to whom? It's certainly not controversial to the people who need houses, or those whose houses look out onto a wasteland.”
by dontwo
Thursday, February 07 2013, 12:25PM
“Thats right. Defer any decision, go on a little site visit in a months time. Pad the process out a little bit longer,get a few more expense claims made out. Bask in your self importance. In the meantime just leave the site a sh@thole attracting more travellers causing more problems for the nearby residents..
Get your fingers out "planning" committee. People of Hull are getting fed up with this kind of delay and the inability you show in making obvious and sensible decisions.”
by humperdink
Thursday, February 07 2013, 11:17AM
“i would be very supprised if birds eye wanted to build homes, house made of fish fingers no thanks”