The new house will be in the garden of Plover Hill. Image: Winchester City Council planning application PLANNING chiefs reluctantly approved a new home in Compton Down despite fears that it would increase traffic issues. A plan for a three-bedroom house in the garden of Plover Hill, Field Way, went before the city council’s planning committee last Thursday. The application drew a number of objections, particularly from the Compton Down Society and the parish council. Parish council representative Cllr Francis Strange told the meeting: “The existing road network on Compton Down is privately owned by the Chamberlain Estate and is not built for heavy vehicular use. There would be a cumulative effect from extra traffic movements together with the effect of contractors traffic in the short term.