A DECISION is due on plans to demolish a house in a Hampshire village, and build a four-bed property in its place.

Gordon Pullinger wants to build the house in place of Edenbridge, Winchester Road, in Waltham Chase.

It will be before Winchester City Council's planning committee on Wednesday, March 13 because it received an objection from Shedfield Parish Council and two members of the public. 

The parish council said: “The application is completely misleading as the demolition of the property on the site of Edenbridge, is already due for demolition as part of an existing application, so cannot be offered for demolition a second time.

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“This application is for an additional four-bed house within the garden of the new development and is likely to have an adverse effect due to the over-development of Waltham Chase.

“In the Shedfield Parish Council Village Design Statement, it states that the preference is for small development rather than backfilling gardens.”

The planning officers' report said: “The development is recommended for permission as it is considered that the proposal is in keeping to the character and appearance of the area and would not result in significant adverse harm to the neighbouring amenity that would warrant refusal.

“The proposal is for the outline permission for the erection of a two-storey chalet style 4 bed dwellinghouse, which utilises the existing access off Winchester Road and has the provisions for parking to the site which includes a garage.

“This application is seeking outline consent for the principle of development along with the scale and external appearance of the proposed dwelling.”

For more details about the application online, search 23/00899/OUT on the city council's planning portal.