Residents concerned about plans to build holiday home in Nottinghamshire village

The holiday accommodation would be near a range of converted farm buildings.

Gair Kettles has submitted a planning application to turn her barn house into a holiday home, alongside a swimming pool at Chapel Farm, Newark Road in Wellow.

The landowner who already has a license to operate various events including weddings and concerts for up to 5,000 people each year, as part of the 616 Music Festival, submitted the plans on April, 14.

It comes after she was previously granted permission by Newark and Sherwood District Council to build 13 holiday let units, as well as an associated communal kitchen, living area, reception and staff accomodation on land near Chapel Farm in 2018.

Ms Gair Kettles has submitted a planning application to erect an eight bed holiday home with a swimming pool.

Neighbours have also expressed their objection to the number of HGV lorries passing through Wellow as the applicant’s approved holiday site is constructed.

In a letter to the council Karl Galert, who lives on Park Farm, said: “This work so far has caused great detriment and upheaval to the surrounding area and properties due to extreme heavy goods traffic causing huge dust clouds and noise pollution with no thought to neighbours and surrounding buildings.”

People travelling to the proposed holiday home would gain main access to the A616 via Wellow Cricket Ground and joining the road by Wellow Dam.

The secondary route to the main road would be in the opposite direction past The Orchard and joining the A616 by Highfield House.

The plans would transform Barn 1, Chapel Farm, Newark Road in Wellow.

The road leading to the barn which is being proposed to become an eight-room holiday home, is over common land via a single track which is used by walkers, cyclists and horse riders.

Residents Keith and Margaret Hopkinson, who live at The Old Smithy, added: "There has been a constant flow of large lorries 30 ton capacity, laden with sub soil with what appears to be builders waste consisting of bricks and rubble, all of which has been tipped on land at Chapel Farm.

"On beautiful sunny days, these lorries have created a limestone dust which no doubt is hazardous to the respiratory systems of human beings most certainly not environmentally friendly, all windows have had to be kept firmly closed.”

The application which includes parking for 100 vehicles, will create six full or part time jobs.

Residents have raised concern about the traffic flow from the barn to the A616.

Miss Kettles claims the HGV traffic neighbours refer to are delivering to the 13 bed accommodation which has received planning approval and is near completion.

The applicant also states the traffic is due to wider agricultural use of the land and lorries which routinely deliver to a nearby farm.

In a comment, issued by IBA Planning on behalf of Miss Kettles they said: “The level of daily HGV traffic purported by neighbours in their local objections has been grossly exaggerated – which has been confirmed by the council following their investigation into the matter as a consequence of a local complaint.

“There is inevitably always an element of disruption during the construction phase of any development, but this is by its very nature short-lived and necessarily always comes to an end on completion of the building works.”

Ms Gair Kettles already has a license to operate various events including weddings and up to four standalone concerts each year for up to 5000 people, as part of her land ownership.

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