A decision is set to be made next week on plans to build up to 150 homes at the edge of a village.

Tregothnan Estates has applied for outline planning permission for the development on land at Edgcumbe Road in Roche.

The plans have been recommended for approval but there have been local objections due to the impact on local services and because the new St Austell to A30 link road has not yet been built.

The application, with all matters reserved except for access, are set to go before Cornwall Council’s central sub-area planning committee on Monday.

Under the plans up to 150 homes would be built along with a children’s play area and public open space.

If granted planning permission a condition would be applied so that no more than 50 homes could be built before new roads have been built.

The development would have 25 per cent of the homes as affordable – 38 houses – with a split of 70 per cent rented and 30 per cent intermediate.

And the open space planned to be provided across the site would also include allotments.

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John Wood, Cornwall councillor for Roche, said that he was concerned about the road not yet being built and the impact on local services.

He said: “The Clay Medical Practice is oversubscribed and can hardly cope with the number of new residents now living in the community.

"The school is full. Cornwall Council has to pay to transport children out of Roche.

"Roche has taken more than its fair share of current allocation of new development. Suffering the consequences with no apparent benefits.”

Roche Parish Council said that it was also concerned about the impact the development could have on local services and asked for more details about how much the developer would be providing in financial contributions.

Cornwall Council’s education department said that Roche Primary School is currently at 99 per cent capacity and Brannel Secondary School is at 95 per cent capacity. It said that the developer should pay £2,736 per dwelling towards education provision.

Local residents who object to the plans say that they are concerned about the pressure the new homes could place on services as well as increased traffic in the area.

The planning application had previously been deferred by the central sub-area planning committee in March with a request for more information about the A30 link road and for discussions to take place between local councillors and the developers.

Planning officers say that the application is acceptable and would help to provide affordable homes for the area.

The planning committee will meet on Monday (October 5) to decide the application.