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Search the Public Notice PortalPlans for four homes on a former car park, which has been the centre of a row between residents and the developer this summer, have been supported by councillors.
Residents have been arguing with JA Investments over access rights since the firm purchased the land at the rear of Gibside Avenue in Chatteris from Fenland District Council in early July.
The developer immediately installed Heras fencing, causing frustration for residents who were blocked from using their rear gates and could no longer park on the land, which has been a car park for the properties since they were built more than 40 years ago.
At Tuesday night's Chatteris Town Council meeting, Katrina Seward, one of the residents who had been complaining about JA Investment's actions, told councillors she was there to speak in support of the developer's application to build four homes on the site.
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She said the plans submitted this week were exactly as they were when drawn up by Fenland Council before the sale of the land.
The plans include parking for all the residents, and Ms Seward said she was more than happy to support the application.
"I am here to give my full support to the application, which includes parking, which we were promised originally, and it will be block paving and will be better than what we had before. It will be a lot tidier," she said.
Ms Seward continued: "I was never opposed to building houses on the site, it is just the interim period and what the developer has done in blocking off the car park that I have objected to.
"We are still waiting to hear back from the Land Registry on whether or not we have easement rights over the land."
Matthew Hall, the developer's agent, was also at the meeting.
He told councillors that the plans were exactly what had previously been approved by Fenland, and they included the promised parking, which would be for existing residents and the owners of the new homes.
He also said the developer had included in the latest application, which is for reserved matters, a one-metre wide pathway along the back of the homes in Gibside Avenue.
Mr Hall said the developer had decided to do that ahead of any decision by the Land Registry.
After hearing from both Ms Seward and Mr Hall, councillors agreed unanimously to support the application to build the four three-bedroom homes on the land north of 2 to 8 Gibside Avenue.
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