More than 160 homes may be built near Warminster on land to the west of Bath Road.

This 168-home development is part of an outline plan approved two years ago for 1000 houses to be built near Warminster.

This is the second phase of that proposal and the area for the site is around 4 hectares.

The accommodation will range from 1-bed apartments to 4-bed detached houses, each with allocated off road parking and of these 57 will be affordable housing.

A new roundabout is also to be built off Bath Road which has already been given permission under the outline plans.

There will be pedestrian and cycle routes threading through the development and leading into public open spaces.

The application says the site is generally level grass and agricultural land.

This part of the site originally contained a farmhouse and some outbuildings which were demolished at the start of 2022.

A road will run through the development which will have trees along it and a 2m verge.

Developers Persimmon Homes Wessex say the main vegetation on the site is restricted to several field hedgerows, where possible these have been retained.

Various bat and bird boxes have also been proposed throughout the scheme

It was on December 20 Wiltshire Council formally approved permission for the full outline planning application which includes: “Demolition of a series of agricultural sheds and one residential dwelling and the delivery of up to 1,000 dwellings (Class C3).

“A local centre of 0.56ha and an employment area of 5.6 hectares (to accommodate various businesses falling under Use Classes B1, B2 and B8).

“A primary and part-secondary school.

“Formal and informal recreational open space including children's play areas, allotments and changing facilities; car parking; hard and soft landscaping including a noise bund along part of the western boundary; storm water attenuation ponds; foul and surface water drainage infrastructure; and provision of road access infrastructure to include roundabout accesses on Bath Road and Victoria Road.”

The plans add: “The proposed scheme seeks to create an attractive residential environment with a sense of place.

“Detail and styling seeks to follow the established design principles set within the Outline planning permission and those contained within the previous phase of development.

Most homes will be two stories with some 2.5 storey houses.

The consultation deadline for the plans is December 30.

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