Plans for more than 50 homes in Bishop’s Waltham given green light

Plans for 59 homes to be built in Bishop’s Waltham have been given the green light.David Wilson Homes will now build on the Martin Street site which includes plans for 23 affordable housing units.The proposal for the land, which has been pre-allocated as part of the Local Plan, will see the access road in Martin Street improved and a pathway run through its centre, connecting to Priory Park.The application, unanimous approved at Winchester City Council’s planning committee on September 15, was amended in August after a spate of objections. The new plan reduced the number of houses, 61 to 59, and changed their design and height of the properties– from three to two storeys.However the amended application was still criticised by Bishop’s Waltham Parish Council.It was unhappy that part of its planned path across the area, that would connect housing estates with publicly accessible areas, had been changed by the applicants.Cllr Robert Shields said that despite three of their five concerns being addressed in the updated plan, the pathway’s proposed new position through the Martin Street site was an issue.