SCORES of people are opposing a plan for two large student blocks in a Hampshire suburb.

People in Fulflood, Winchester, are angry that JLW Winchester wants to build two blocks containing 131 beds on Greenhill Road.

The developer says warden-managed halls are preferable to students occupying rented houses, which have caused issues in other areas such as Stanmore.

However residents say that the area is already overflowing with students and the plans have received 141 objections.

It is the latest example of the tension between town and gown in Winchester since the expansion of the university.

The application comes at the same time as residents in Erskine Road and Sparkford Road are opposing a scheme for 91 students.

The Daily Echo spoke to residents, one of them was Brenda De La Mouette, 80, who said: “I think it is appalling; it is the second time they have tried to do it. Fortunately it has been refused and there is a neighbourhood development plan for this area and it contravenes it in several points.”

She said parking will be an issue and one warden for 131 students is not enough.

Another resident said: “I think in this area we already accommodate a lot of students and we are not anti student but we are anti overdevelopment. It is a well-balanced community of all age groups and it would be destroyed.”

One of those objecting, James Dickens, said: “There is likely to be considerable noise and disturbance from such a large and concentrated number of students. This is particularly inappropriate in a densely populated family-orientated residential area.”

A JLW spokesman said the scheme addresses a clear need for accommodation, pointing to the University of Winchester expanding and second and third year students needing accommodation.