CONCERNS about road safety and overcrowding have been raised by Southampton residents over plans for new homes.

Plans have been submitted to Southampton City Council for eight new homes at the former Mayfield Car Sales site on Archery Road.

But residents have hit out at developers over road safety due to "the speed of traffic" in the area and are worried the development could lead to "even more accidents".

A total of 14 objections have been submitted over a range of issues including parking, housing overlooking properties, and overcrowding.

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In an objection letter Shaun Rogers, of neighbouring Bevan Close, said: "I think the main concern is the road safety due to the speed of traffic in both directions which has never been addressed considering the amount of accidents that has happened at the junction of Bevan close."

Linda Rankin said the plan has "too many properties with very limited parking facilities".

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Another resident of Bevan Close, Hannah Coleman, added: "These parking spaces are also not specified to be allocated to each house.

"Bevan Close is already full of cars parking partially on pavements and in the road due to shortage of parking spaces.

"At weekends when people have gatherings the entire estate is a nightmare to try to weave your way to your own drive, only to find it's been blocked."

As previously reported, the new homes would include six three-bedroom terraced properties, as well as two four-bedroom semi-detached houses.

Access to the new buildings would be off Archery Road via two parking courts.

The applicant said: "The proposed site area is generally flat and is enclosed by a 1.8m fence along the proposed dwelling boundary.

"The proposed dwelling lies within the settlement boundary and has no protected trees within the site.

"Broadly, the revised design is a significant improvement over the previous issues of overdevelopment of the original layout."

The developers say they will pay £5,688 towards Solent nitrate pollution mitigation if planning permission is granted.

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