Plans for a residential development comprising of eight one-bedroom apartments in Congleton have been met with objections from neighbouring properties.

David Holland of Bromley Farm Development, Wolstanton, has submitted plans to erect eight one-bedroom apartments on land adjacent to 22, Woolston Avenue, Congleton.

The area of the existing vacant land is 472.72 square metres. The plans state that the existing hedgerow to the southern boundary of the site would be removed to allow additional on-site parking.

However, the boundaries to east, north and west would be enhanced with new closed board timber fencing which would be approximately 1.8m in height.

The application would provide five on-site car parking spaces and eight cycling spaces.

The plans have been met with objections from residents who live near the proposed residential development, which would be across three-storeys.

A resident who lives at 33 Coronation Road, said: "This is right at the back of my house pretty much, I have two young children and I am extremely concerned about the anti-social behaviour that this will bring.

"It is far too close to other properties, also it is going to completely ruin my views from the back and I personally think it's going to look a damn right mess.

"There is no privacy as it is, let alone building eight apartments that are going to invade not only my privacy but other current residents of the estate."

A resident who lives at 35 Coronation Road, said: "The rear of the flats are three-storeys high, there are no other buildings in the area this tall.

"It will hover over the lower part of the estate and because the land is already elevated above our homes, it will look more like four or five-storeys. It will look completely out of place; this estate is full of semi-detached two and three-bedroom houses.

"It would mean that all eight flats would overlook my garden and home to which there are 19 windows directly looking onto my house. I feel this is a grave invasion of my privacy and will totally block any sunlight I get."

A resident who lives at 52 Woolston Avenue, said: "There is already an ongoing issue on Woolston Avenue in relation to traffic and parking, currently over 50% of the road is occupied by parked vehicles and the natural construction of the road is a long blind corner which is dicey at the best of times.

"I have noted on several occasions that larger vehicles struggle to get round the avenue such as buses and fire engines."

A resident who lives at 37 Coronation Road, said: "If this application were approved it would have such a detrimental impact not only on our privacy, but it would also affect the light we get in our south facing gardens of our homes we have the right to light.

"We have lived here for 60 years with no building there as it is next to an electricity station which we feel could be dangerous only a couple of years ago it blew up.

"This estate is full of family homes, this development is way too large for the plot of land and to make it three-storeys high is way too much from our back gardens, it would look like a tower block as the land on the proposed development is elevated from our home.

"We don't need nor want to lose our privacy and light which we have been used to for the last 60 years it would be a significant loss to our neighbours and ourselves, causing distress and anxiety.

"We already have a lot of anti-social behaviour and drug dealing from one-bedroom flats in the area and we feel this will only increase as these are not going to be family homes."

The last date for submitting comments on the application which can be viewed here is 10th March.

Cheshire East has set 31st March as the decision target date for the application.