Plans for 600 homes get more than 180 objections

A satellite map of the site where Taylor Wimpey is proposing to build up to 600 homes near Yarm

More than 180 objections have been made against a plan for hundreds of new homes near a market town.

Developer Taylor Wimpey is preparing an outline plan to build up to 600 properties on land south of Green Lane, in Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees.

It said the properties would consist of between two to five bedroom homes, including up to 120 which were affordable.

Some of the objections include traffic concerns. The developer, which held a public consultation, said it welcomed the feedback.

Dozens of comments were made to Stockton Borough Council, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

One said: "Yarm is supposed to be a historic market town but is quickly become a sprawling housing estate."

Another said: "We have already been heavily built upon and we have not got the infrastructure to take more housing."

'Pressure on schools'

Stockton West Conservative MP Matt Vickers said the plans would further increase the "unsustainable" overdevelopment of that part of the town.

He said: "No emphasis has been placed on the real impact that there will be to the natural environment and biodiversity."

He added that the plans would have a "severe and detrimental effect" on traffic concentration and would put pressure on local schools and GPs.

Taylor Wimpey said its project would tackle a need for housing and would have a "minimal impact" on road junctions.

"We would like to thank the local community for their feedback on our plans for the proposed development off Green Lane in Yarm," a spokesperson said.