THE much-anticipated planning application for 111 residential homes off Monmouth Road, Raglan has been submitted.

The pre-planning consultation attracted a great deal of interest from residents of Raglan, many against the plan to develop the field in front of Raglan School for fear of ‘swamping’ the village with a large number of extra houses.

Richborough Estates Partnership LLP undertook a mandatory public consultation but met opposition from amongst others, Raglan Action group, who claimed that a covenant on the land, formerly owned by Anna Tribe, prohibited the use of the land for anything else but agricultural use on the 7.71 hectare site.

The site proposes vehicular access to Monmouth Road and emergency vehicle access onto Station Road and is expected to comprise of a mix of house types and sizes likely to comprise of one, two, three and four bedroom houses of two storeys with up to 39 dwellings set aside as affordable houses.

Objections already lodged on the planning portal include one resident who said she was concerned the new houses will destroy part of the Raglan Healthy Footsteps walk, which is a key walk for dog-walkers and many other people.

“The school would struggle in population and it is already full. The High Street is already overflowing, so it would be absolutely terrible with all the extra cars,” she added.

Another wrote: “Local services are already at full stretch. The figure under section 106 of a contribution of £373,128 for 111 houses is totally unrealistic.

“Where will all these extra children go and how will the doctors surgery and other services cope? There is already a long waiting time at the doctors and some local children have been unable to get into the school".

Coupled with a planned housing site on Chepstow Road, it is estimated that the combined total of new houses planned would add around 20 per cent to the current housing stock in the village.

Others are concerned over the Raglan bypass crossing with the extra traffic coming up the Monmouth Road to access Newport and Monmouth.

The plan DM/2018/01050, can be viewed at the MCC planning website.

•Developers have been asked to revise plans to build a house in Raglan described as a “humongous mass”.

An application to build a two-storey detached home in the back garden of a property in Caestory Avenue has drawn 60 registered objections. Monmouthshire County Council’s planning committee heard from some objectors, including Raglan Community Council, at a meeting on Tuesday.

The council say the development would have a “detrimental impact” on neighbouring houses in The Willows and Ethley Drive, as well as traffic implications.

Conservative councillor Phil Murphy said the design was “quite acceptable” but noted that the location was not, adding: “I can’t support the present proposal.”