SOME planning applications in North Yorkshire and County Durham you may have missed this month.
First, controversial plans for homes close to the A1 and RAF Leeming airbase.
A planning statement has been prepared by Saddington Taylor Planning on behalf of the applicants, FW and JA Herbert.
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According to the planning statement, the application site extends to approximately 0.249 hectares and covers part of an enclosed arable field at south-western edge of Leeming village.
The site lies around 150 metres from the A1 motorway and around 300 metres from the perimeter of RAF Leeming.
However, the plans have been met with opposition from Exelby, Leeming and Londonderry Parish Council.
"The issue of noise remains a concern for this parish council. Our most significant objection lies with the issue of noise pollution for the inhabitants of these proposed dwellings."
Plans have also been submitted for holiday lodges near Ravensworth, Richmond.
Plans have been submitted to North Yorkshire Council for a change of use of land to construct five holiday cabins.
The site, at Holme Beck Barn, Park Wall, Ravensworth, near Richmond, is a small parcel of greenfield land lying approximately 1.2km to the south east of the village of Ravensworth and 1.2km south west of the A66.
The proposed development involves the siting of holiday units that will fall within the statutory definition of a caravan and, as such, the current application simply involves the material change of use of the land.
Listed building consent has been submitted to Darlington Borough Council for the carrying out of intrusive testing of Piercebridge Bridge, The Green, Piercebridge.
The current structure dates from the early 17th Century, is Grade II* listed and is a Scheduled Monument. The bridge straddles the Piercebridge Conservation Area.
A loading assessment is currently being carried out on the bridge to ensure it can cope with current traffic flows, and to confirm, or otherwise, that weight restrictions are not necessary for the structure to retain its serviceability.
It is proposed to drill a maximum of 12 cores of 100mm diameter into the arches of the bridge, at depths up to 1.0m. The cores would be removed for testing, but the first 50mm of each core would be retained.
The surface would be reinstated with the retained capping masonry.
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