A BID to bulldoze a clifftop home for people with learning difficulties and replace it with a housing development has sparked outcry from a parish council and local residents.

Milford on Sea parish council has objected to the plans by Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust, backed up by 92 letters of objection from locals and holidaymakers as well as a 107-name petition.

The NHS trust wants to move the 13 residents of Ravenhurst in Raven's Way to live in supported houses in New Milton, as part of the government's drive for care in the community. The move will free up a prime seafront site with views to the Isle of Wight, Hurst Spit, Christchurch Bay, Hengistbury Head and Old Harry Rocks.

The site is between the White House, a listed building now converted to apartments, and the upmarket Needles Point development.

The NHS trust has submitted outline plans for a dozen homes on the one-acre site, which will be discussed by district planners on Wednesday.

The plans, which are recommended for refusal, show a terrace of four houses, a terrace of three, a pair of semi-detached homes and three detached houses.

The land will be sold with outline planning to help fund the running of the care in the community homes.

"We object because the proposed buildings would be an over-development of the site, would not be in keeping with the area, and would be higher than neighbouring properties, affecting privacy and light," said a parish council spokesman. "The site is also next to a listed building, and the development would reduce the views and be detrimental to the cliff path."