FOUR new homes will be built in a residential area instead of six if plans are approved by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council after campaigns from residents.

Developer, Quadron Investment Ltd, submitted proposals to the borough council on January 16, 2024, to build six houses on land previously used as a car park in Halliday Close, Cranbourne.

The plans came after the developer's previous proposals, submitted in 2020, were refused by the borough council after more than 40 residents raised objections.

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The decision was taken to an appeal by Quadron in April 2021, however, this was refused by a planning inspector who noted that the development would have a 'materially harmful effect' particularly 'in respect of privacy impacts'.

The developer previously said it had addressed issues concerning privacy by reducing the number of windows and referring to rooms in the loft as 'studies' instead of 'bedrooms'. 

The six-house development would include two one-bedroom flats, two one-bedroom maisonettes, and two two-bedroom maisonettes along with associated private gardens, car parking, cycle parking, bin storage and landscaping improvements.

However, amended plans submitted to the council on October 17 would reduce this number to four maisonettes each with three bedrooms and a large private garden to the back and a small front garden.

The properties would also include an open plan combined living, dining and kitchen area in addition to an upstairs study.

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Eight parking spaces would be divided among residents, with one additional, larger space for accessible parking.

The facade of the houses will be made out of red bricks and will feature ribbed brick detailing, dark grey aluminium pipes, timber windows, pre-cast concrete porches and black metal numbers next to the door.

John Dawson, a member of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's Urban Design team, commented on the plans in August saying that privacy concerns could be alleviated by 'such measures as reducing the number of units'.

He added that there was 'no objection' from the design team 'subject to amendments'.