Strongvox Homes plans for Butt s Batch in Wrington.
- Credit: Strongvox Homes
Plans for 71 homes on the edge of Wrington have sparked more than 280 objections amid claims the village is at capacity .
Strongvox Homes said North Somerset has a growing housing shortfall and the council is reliant on unallocated developments coming forward.
The developer wants to build 71 homes, 21 of them affordable, on a 4.5-hectare greenfield site outside the village settlement boundary at Butt’s Batch.
Its plans were met with a 13,000-word response from Wrington Parish Council objecting in the strongest possible terms .
It said the village had grown by 46 per cent since the 1980s and was set to swell further. Some 59 homes are being built at Cox’s Green.
Strongvox Homes plans for Butt s Batch in Wrington.
- Credit: Strongvox Homes
Plans for 71 homes on the edge of Wrington have sparked more than 280 objections amid claims the village is at capacity .
Strongvox Homes said North Somerset has a growing housing shortfall and the council is reliant on unallocated developments coming forward.
The developer wants to build 71 homes, 21 of them affordable, on a 4.5-hectare greenfield site outside the village settlement boundary at Butt’s Batch.
Its plans were met with a 13,000-word response from Wrington Parish Council objecting in the strongest possible terms .
It said the village had grown by 46 per cent since the 1980s and was set to swell further. Some 59 homes are being built at Cox’s Green.
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