Town councillors have objected to detailed plans for 143 new houses in Kenilworth, listing a series of concerns about the development.

Persimmon Homes has submitted the reserved matters application for the next phase of its Thickthorn development.

Full planning permission has already been granted for the first 98 homes along Leamington Road, which are already under construction and some on the market.

The developer has been given outline planning consent for a further 452 homes, and did submit a reserved matters application for all of these last year.

However, an updated application for just a third of these homes has now been put forward to Warwick District Council.

The latest application is for 143 homes at the other end of the Thickthorn site (image via planning application)

But members at Kenilworth Town Council's planning committee said the designs are floored.

"Members objected to this proposal on the basis properties be-ing constructed in the far eastern corner of the site next to the A46 are situated in the most polluted area of the site," the application said.

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"Members ask for the amenity of residents in this area in relation to noise and air pollution be a specific consideration for the Environmental Health Officer.

"A report focussing on this area of the site does not yet appear to be available for this application."

Councillors did praise the extra greenspace in this phase of the development.

They also urged the developer to complete the new spine road and infrastructure to "prevent traffic chaos on surrounding roads," particularly Birches Lane and the St John's roundabout.

Members were also "dismayed" to learn the local centre has been relocated from the far eastern corner of the site to a more central location outside of this phase of development and replaced with housing.

If approved, the scheme will see the houses at the other end of the development given the green light, with a mixture of two, three, four and five-bed homes built.

Some 44 per cent (63 dwellings) would be designated affordable housing.

"The proposal will incorporate varied types of on-site public open space, required infrastructure and the spine road in its entirety," the application added.

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"To conclude, the proposals will deliver a high-quality development, which will provide much needed housing within the local area."

The layout of the proposed houses (imgae via planning application)

These homes constitute phase two of the development, with phases three and four to be submitted further down the line.

Access to the second phase will come off Glasshouse Lane, funding for which has already been signed off.

When the council discussed the previous reserved matters application for the full 452 homes, councillors branded it "insulting".

Councillors also said they were "outraged" that the plans were not in line with the Land East of Kenilworth development brief - a major planning document designed to guide new estates across that side of town.

And councillors have previously revealed that residents on the new estate will be forced to use the community facilities at the new Kenilworth School for a while, rather than the purpose-built facilities included in the application.

See the latest application here.

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