A MAJOR planning application for hundreds of homes disappeared from Christchurch council's website - just two days after being published.

Plans for the Roeshot Hill development of 875 new homes was lodged on Christchurch council's planning website on Monday.

The outline application detailed the access arrangements for the major development as well as other facilities on site.

It was applying for permission for a roundabout to Lyndhurst Road, a new eastbound access slip road to the A35 Christchurch bypass and new access to the site from Hawthorn Road.

But two days later it was removed from the site as it had been posted "in error".

Residents have been waiting month for details of the housing development, with many seeing the application and calling for the remainder of the paperwork to be uploaded.

Comments were made about the timing of the application being submitted over the Christmas period, when many people would not see it.

But Jane Lynch, development management manager said: "A planning application was received on December 15, 2016 from Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd regarding the land at Roeshot Hill.

"The application was uploaded on to the Dorsetforyou website prior to the application being validated, which was an error.

"We have now removed the details from the Dorsetforyou website.

"We would like to highlight that the planning department is still at the early validation stage of this application. "We apologise for any undue concern this may have caused and would like to reassure people that as soon as the application has been validated the public will be given the full opportunity to comment and review all the documentation.

"Notification of the application, once it has been validated, will be via site notices and press notifications. "Validation of this application can only happen once we have received all the outstanding information from the applicant."

The brief details of the application said the housing estate would be 'an integrated neighbourhood' with 875 homes, of which 35 per cent would be affordable housing.

It also proposed access for buses from Sainsbury's, as well as a road bridge over the River Mude, with junction proposals to Watery lane.

There would be public open space including sports pitches, a community building, play area and a 'landscaped bund' along the A35 Christchurch bypass.

At a consultation event last year, residents slammed the developers for the lack of doctors surgery and school, as well as criticising the proposed access arrangements.