AN APPLICATION for homes on a bungalow site at East Street, Beaminster has been re-submitted for the second time.

The previous application for 82 East Street led to objections about traffic and pedestrian safety with other concerns about the number of buildings and the potential loss of privacy.

After receiving more than 40 objection the scheme was withdrawn earlier this year.

The re-submitted application to Dorset Council this week says those views have been considered and has resulted in a revised scheme: “Particular attention has been paid to the mass and scale of the properties and the relationship between the proposed development with immediate neighbours…The proposed development will blend in more naturally with the local area from the use of materials and style taken from local influences,” said a covering letter to Dorset Council from agents, Turner Associates.

The application says that plots 1-3 have been moved further away from 90 East Street and have avoided overlooking by the window at the back being of obscured glass.

Also moved within the sites are plots 4 and 5 which are now further away from Nos 54 and 56 East Street with the agents saying that existing planting will be kept in place to maintain the current screening and privacy.

They say the proposed homes will have a ‘cottage feel’ to the design, set back within the site and arranged in two blocks, arranged to create a terrace appearance. They will be rendered with natural stone quoins and lintels to reflect the materials used in the surrounding properties.

“Following the first application we have taken on board many comments from the planning officer, conservation officer and residents in the surrounding area. This has led us to reducing the mass and scale of the buildings proposed within the site, and their arrangement, to reduce the impact on the surrounding neighbours…

“After listening and responding to all these comments it has enabled us to create a positive scheme for the area without negatively effecting the surroundings.”

The previous scheme not only attracted negative comments from residents but also from the town council and the Dorset Council conservation officer.

The issues of traffic and parking was the subject of many of the previous objection letters – with concerns about additional traffic on East Street and Woodswater Lane and the effect the scheme would have on the character of the area.

Said one previous formal letter of objection to Dorset Council: “Parking on East Street is already very difficult for its current population. The junction at Woodswater Lane is both very tight and with poor line of sight visibility… Additional traffic movements will create added danger for pedestrians and horse-riders.”

Comments on the resubmitted scheme can be made until the third week of April.