RESIDENTS and their MP have objected to a plan for over 100 new homes.

The planning application was submitted to Eastleigh Borough Council detailing how the developers, Vivid Homes, wanted to build 106 new homes.

The development that was planned for land to the rear of Sovereign Drive and Precosa Road.

Residents, the local MP and borough councillors were all against the proposal and on Monday it was rejected at a meeting of the Hedge End, West End and Botley Local Area Committee.

MP for Eastleigh, Paul Holmes, who submitted a formal objection to the plans, said: "There is too much development in Eastleigh which damages our communities and damages our environment.

"Together with many other residents, I objected to this application which would result in the loss of important green space, remove the gaps that exist between our villages and undermine the safety of children going to Freegrounds school.

"I am pleased that the Council has listened to me and the local community and rejected this application."

Before the meeting, the plan was recommended for refusal because of it's location, in the countryside and local gap between Hedge End and Botley.

Chair of Hedge End West End & Botley Local Area Committee Cllr Cynthia Garton said: "The Council has always been against this application for houses on land behind Precosa Road and Sovereign Drive as it was completely the wrong location for new houses. The site would destroy the green local gap.

"We also believe that this proposal would result in a poor quality, car dominated development that would have a major and detrimental impact on the local area.

"The Council is committed to delivering the homes that are needed for the future but they have to be in the right places – and this was not one of them."