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PLANS for phase three of the Bovis House developments at Burton End, Haverhill, have been deferred so further negotiations can take place between developers and Haverhill Town Council.

Members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council’s Planning Committee were recommended to approve detailed plans for 38 two and three-storey homes, with associated garages and roads.

However, the committee deferred the application, which councillors were told had been the subject of considerable negotiation and alteration. Haverhill Town Council objected to three storey-homes on the site, which were not considered suitable for the location.

A report to the Planning committee said problems had arisen from the site’s steeply sloping nature and its unsuitability for a standard housebuilder’s layout.

Three-storey homes had been used to good effect in surrounding developments and could be particularly suited to sloping ground, the report said. Some planned three-storey homes had been reduced to two because of town council comments.

Plans to create a housing development at the site of a former pump house at Burton End, Haverhill, have been approved by St Edmundsbury planners.

The plan by GJ Builders is to convert the Victorian pump house and develop a total of 10 homes on the site of Anglian House.

A report to the Planning committee said the site fell within the definition of a brownfleld site, land which has previously been developed, which the Government encouraged planners to re-use.

Although historically used for employment purposes, the character of the area had now changed to a predominantly residential environment, surrounded by housing developments. Continuation of the current use, particularly if the site was used more intensively by a new occupier, could cause conflict.

The site was granted outline planning consent, subject to detailed conditions, including details of roads, footpaths, landscaping and parking.