A developer is making a second bid at building a controversial housing scheme on undeveloped land behind a Shepshed street. 

Applicant Mr I Herbert previously won permission in 2021 to bulldoze a bungalow on Garendon Road and build eight homes on a patch of overgrown land behind existing houses on the street.

At the time, 29 people complained about the plans, citing concerns including flood risk, overdevelopment of the site, parking pressures, highway safety and the potential impact on local services. 

However, Charnwood Borough Council gave the go-ahead, with planners saying the impact on traffic would be "acceptable" and that flooding and drainage could be controlled.

But planning conditions mandated the work should be started by February this year, with new planning documents submitted to the council last week revealing the developer had not met the deadline. 

The applicant is now asking the council to again grant planning permission for the scheme, with the application documents saying there are "no substantive changes" to the plans from when it was first submitted in 2020.

The homes would all be detached, be a mix of three- and four-bed properties, and there would be a central parking area as well as a garage block to the north of the site. 

Access to the site would be via the land where the bungalow earmarked for demolition currently stands. Planning documents say the site will "create its own sense of place that augments Garendon Road but remains distinguished through a coherent identity".

When the original application was submitted in 2020, one Garendon Road resident said in an objection to the council that the site was used by wildlife for nesting, and also expressed concerns about the new homes overlooking their own. 

"Shepshed has an abundance of new housing developments," the objection read. 

"If we lose every little bit of green space Shepshed will become an urban sprawl with negative implications on climate change and lacking green space for wildlife, water run-off, and biodiversity."

Another Garendon Road resident told the council: "My view will become that of bricks and roofs where I currently enjoy watching and listening to the birds."

The application documents can be found on the council's planning portal, and comments and objections can be made until October 22.