Multiple objections have been made to plans to build 66 new houses next to a village garden centre which the parish council has labelled "irresponsible".

The scheme, submitted by Seven Capital plc, could see a farmhouse and agricultural buildings demolished to make space for the homes next to Smith's Garden Centre in Baginton.

If approved, the Coventry Road proposal will join onto a 56-house development which was approved by Warwick District Council last September.

But Baginton Parish Council said the combined 122 homes would be "overdevelopment" and mean a "35 per cent increase in total housing numbers for the village".

The parish council, along with five local residents, objected to the scheme.

The council's response said: "The parish council has great concerns that this will lead to an unacceptable demographic change that will be detrimental to the village, along with permanently changing the character of our rural village."

It continued: "The size of this development significantly outstrips the current existing and planned infrastructure for schools and healthcare. Of particular concern is the lack of school places for children from Baginton.

"This year, two children did not get places in our priority catchment school due to it being oversubscribed and had to go to appeal."

An artist's impression of the Coventry Road housing estate (image via planning application)

BPC also said that recent ONS figures show that local population increases have been less than predicted.

"It would be irresponsible of WDC to approve further development in Baginton without ensuring that the schools will have sufficient places, else parents will be faced with insurmountable problems," the application added.

Plans show that a small park space would be built as well as a new access road.

This scheme will provide a mix of one to four bedroom houses, only nine of which will be affordable homes.

Affordable homes are meant to be 20 per cent cheaper to buy or rent compared to the local market value.

Developers are usually obliged to make 40 per cent of a new estate affordable homes - which in this case would mean 27 would need to be built.

But with the 56 houses in the neighbouring development all designated for social rent and shared ownership, Seven Capital says it does not need to provide as many in the new scheme.

"When considering the allocated site comprehensively, the proposed development would allow for a near 50/50 split between market and affordable homes, resulting in a higher proportion of affordable dwellings, whilst delivering a balanced and mixed community of differing tenures without one overly dominating the other," the planning application said.

The scheme would back onto a 56-house development which has already been approved (image via planning application)

The application also states that 13 trees and a number of hedgerows will need to be removed for the houses to be built.

But it adds: "Retained hedgerows will be strengthened through the inclusion of additional planting to fill in gaps and improve their species diversity and over time the garden and amenity habitats will mature and provide a valuable resource for local wildlife with the development expected to achieve a measurable net gain in biodiversity value."