Allison Homes starts work to reduce levels of ‘ski slope’ development in Moulton Chapel

Work is starting to lower the levels of the controversial ‘ski slope’ development at Moulton Chapel.

Allison Homes has now begun the reduce the height of its Chapel Gate development in Roman Road – which dismayed people living around the building site due to the sharply raised levels and high entrance road.

The developer was given the go-ahead by South Holland District Council’s planning committee in October last year to drop the levels of the site to a more acceptable level.

Glyn Mabey, Regional Managing Director at Allison Homes East, has confirmed that work has now started at the 86-home development site.

He said: “Work is now underway on our Moulton Chapel site to implement the revised planning consent. The road leading into the site will be lowered last, as this is currently being used by lorries to remove the ground materials.

“We’d like to thank the wider community for their patience and will continue to engage in an open line of communication with residents.”

This is hoped to be the end of a long saga for people in Moulton Chapel who have been fighting to change the development for the last few years.

Members of Moulton Parish Council were vocal in their opposition to the scheme – dubbing it a ‘ski slope’ – while people living near the site had to deal with cracks to their homes along with being overlooked.

Allison Homes had submitted a fresh application in August to lower the levels of the site off Roman Road after its was refused permission by the district council in February last year to retain the existing levels. Allison Homes had also lodged an appeal against the February decision.

Speaking at October’s meeting, when the new deal was then struck, head of planning at Allison Homes Ian Reilly had said: “We are very sorry this situation has arisen and we have taken steps to ensure it doesn’t occur again.”