Doncaster housing: Revised plans to be considered by council

Miller Homes has revised its application after it was turned down earlier this year

Plans to build 121 homes on green space in South Yorkshire will be discussed at a council meeting later, after previously being turned down.

Doncaster Council will consider revised plans by Miller Homes to build houses on land at Rose Hill, Bessacarr.

The Rose Hill Residents Association want the land to remain a wildlife habitat - and has been backed by groups including the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.

Miller Homes said its plans would not harm the local area or its character.

The application was revised after the first one was turned down in April.

Campaigners said the plans would destroy vital wildlife habitats

The developer said the land had been earmarked for housing by the council, and it had worked with the authority to ensure it met its requirements.

It said in its application: "The development has been sympathetically designed to maximise the ecological interest of the site and would not cause undue harm to neighbouring properties, heritage and ecological assets, the highway network or the wider character of the area."

Richard Farthing, from the Rose Hill Residents Association, said he was concerned about the loss of green space and increase in traffic.

He added: "Also, the biodiversity of the space is getting worse, so we are complaining against this."