More objections have been submitted over the latest update for a major new development which includes more than 1,000 homes at Whitenap near Romsey.

On Tuesday July 25, 77 objections had been sent to Test Valley Borough Council.

The developer, the Ashfield Partnership, recently amended the scheme for 1,100 homes with open space, roads, parking, service infrastructure, local food production and landscaping.

The developer comprises the Ashfield Estate as landowner and three developers: C G Fry and Son Ltd, Morrish Homes, and Wyatt Homes.

The proposal has been scrutinised by Romsey people and groups since the outline application was submitted last year.

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Joanna Chamberlain, of The Tyleshades in Romsey, said: “The developers appear to have disregarded the multiple objections to the original outline planning application using site constraints, which they have been well aware of since the outset, as an excuse to maximise profits and conveniently forget the original objective of creating a sustainable community for all.

“The location of the school will not meet the objective of serving the new residents as it is currently located in the north-west corner of the site which is disconnected and isolated from the main mixed-use development.

“This development cannot go ahead without guarantee that the bridge over the railway line will be built before the first residents move in. There is clear evidence that individual behaviours are quickly established following change and if this bridge is not in place when people move in, they will resort to their cars adding to the high levels of existing congestion within Romsey.”

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Jo MacDonald, also of The Tyleshade, said: “Romsey is currently often heaving with cars, there are traffic jams coming in, out and through the town. It is often virtually impossible to get a doctor's appointment within an acceptable time frame, so given the idea that a development of this magnitude should be imposed upon a small market town seems absurd in the extreme. Yet to make matters worse, the whole framework of this application is inadequate and flakey. The infrastructure, land allocations and locations not to mention the density of the actual types of housing stock have been ill thought through."

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Christopher Simpson, of The Harrage, Romsey, said: “The public open space to the north originally planned in Local Plan (COM3) as 100 metres has been vastly reduced to slightly less than 20 metres. Also a large part of that reduced northern public open space is shown by the developer as the area of productive gardens, orchards, and allotments. That is not public open space at all. The original area of public open space as laid out in COM3 must be achieved.”

To view the details of the plan, search 22/01213/OUTS on Test Valley Borough Council's planning portal.