Thirty homes are proposed for part of Greetham Quarry.

The 2.52ha site comprises of the southern phase of the now redundant phase 1 of the limestone quarry off Stretton Road, Greetham.

Hereward Homes (Greetham) Ltd seek to create 19 market homes and 11 affordable homes of varying sizes.

The applicant is a special purpose company formed jointly by the owner (and former operator) of the Quarry and the owner of Hereward Homes, an experienced local development company based in Rutland.

Earlier this week, Nub News revealed Hereward's involvement in a major warehousing project for the rest of phase 1, which promises 'hundreds' of jobs.

The application for the housing said: "Mineral extraction ceased onsite in 2020 and the site is now one of the County's largest vacant parcels of previously developed land.

"Phase 2 of Greetham Quarry is allocated for further stone and aggregate extraction and is presently subject to an application for the extraction of the mineral resource."

The application says homes and employment uses are included in the draft local plan for the 27.6ha wider site.

The development will result in the demolition and removal of all the existing redundant quarry structures on-site.

The Site will be accessed from the south-eastern boundary of the site onto the B668 Stretton Road, where the site boundary has a frontage onto the existing carriageway.

A new priority junction will be created approximately 10m east of the existing speed hump near the entrance to Greetham village.

The homes will ring from 2 to 4+ bedrooms, comprising a mixture of detached and semidetached properties. The layout will form an effective cul-de-sac arrangement.

The application says the development proposals accord with the principles of the development plan for Rutland.

"It comprises the development of land whose form and complexion has been radically disturbed by quarrying which has now been completed. As such the land is degraded and despoiled notwithstanding restoration conditions which have been implemented.

"The aim of restoration conditions on such quarries is not to restore the land to its former use, in this case agricultural – but to minimise the longterm impacts of the acknowledged damage that quarrying causes. As a result, however, the land has been sterilised.

"It has no likely use for agriculture and as demonstrated has become overrun with non-native and invasive species which create poor habitat."

It added: "Accordingly, the Applicant invites consideration that the Site should be a priority for redevelopment to meet an element of the development needs (for housing) arising in Rutland and that its development could secure a material improvement to the condition of the land including the potential for biodiversity gain."