Plans for triangular field scaled back to six houses

Planners rejected a proposal for eight houses on the site last month, saying that it was an over-development of the land.

Hillstone Guernsey Ltd has now reapplied for a smaller scheme, with two two-bed and four three-bed houses. Under the scheme, four new accesses would be created from Les Mares Pellees for the houses, which would face the road. The gardens would back on to Braye Road. The width of the junction with Braye Road would also be increased.

A company spokesman said they had been working on the revised scheme for several months.

‘Having now fully reviewed and digested the information contained in this [planning refusal] document we are able to confirm that any issues raised with our first proposal have been addressed within our latest application,’ he said.

‘Within these letters of representation [in the planning report] were many positive and constructive comments and we have done our best to make sure these suggestions have been considered.’

The houses under the latest scheme would be laid out as three pairs of semi-detached properties.

‘Our brief from the outset was to focus on amenity/infrastructure improvements,’ the spokesman said.

‘With this in mind we have come up with a design that includes adding a footpath to the Mares Pellees lane, widening of the road junction where Mares Pellees lane joins the Braye Road and finally to add a bus stop, positioned back from the pavement edge, for people to safely wait for their bus and to enable other pedestrians to pass.

‘Should this scheme find favour with the planning department we will fully fund and implement these improvements, which will bring safety benefits to motorists and pedestrians for many years to come.’

Included with the planning application was a number of letters from local estate agents stating that there was a strong demand for these sort of houses, which would have a value of between £425,000 and £550,000.

Swoffers director Spencer Noyon wrote that there was a shortage of houses in these brackets.

‘We have been pushing for more properties to be provided at the lower to middle end of the market and, given the high demand and short supply of these sorts of property, any provision of homes in this regard is to be welcomed and encouraged,’ he wrote.

• The planning application can be viewed at Sir Charles Frossard House.