Plans to build 130 homes in a North East Somerset has been met with opposition locally.

Gladman Developments Ltd wants to build the new homes on 3.7 hectares of fields on the west side of Paulton.

Documents submitted with the planning application said: “The development will provide a choice of new homes […] for modern living and will encourage a wide demographic, from starter homes for first time buyers, through to retirement homes. There will also be 30 per cent affordable homes.”

But 215 locals have lodged objections to the plans with Bath and North East Somerset Council. Just five people left comments in support of the plans.

Paulton Parish Council resolved on Tuesday, September 9, to object to the planning application, citing a host of concerns about highways, sewage capacity, and infrastructure.

The council said: “This site is a greenfield site. We still have brownfield sites in Paulton on the old Purnells site.

“In fact 72 houses have been given planning permission on the Purnells brownfield site and are now waiting to be built. An extra 130 homes on top of these 72 would put too much of a strain on the infrastructure and local services in Paulton.”