PLANS approved last night for a controversial warehouse at Basingstoke Gateway have been met with mixed reaction, with one local resident branding it ‘common sense’, while another pointed out it would mean ‘waving goodbye’ to countryside space. Members of the borough council’s development control committee appeared torn between job opportunities at the unit, thought to be planned as an Amazon hub, and environmental impact as they approved the 630,000 square foot distribution hub for the site near Junction 7 of the M3, by six votes to four. They had previously denied developer Newlands outline permission for four warehouses on the site, based on the ‘visual impact’ and lack of mitigation for disruption.