PLANS to build houses and a nursing home on land at Highcliffe have been revised - with the number of properties reduced.

The plans for woodland off Jesmond Avenue have already attracted a plethora of objections from residents unhappy with the potential development.

Now, an amended application for the site has been submitted, with residents able to comment on the new scheme until December 15.

Previously the plans proposed building 40 homes and a 90-bed care home.

The revised plans have reduced this to 35 houses and a 68 bed care home, as well as reducing the footprint of the area and changing access arrangements.

The scheme from Brentland Ltd is set for woodland off Jesmond Avenue, which was once earmarked for a bypass.

Part of the area was cleared last year after the land was bought back by Poole-based developers Boyland and Son, of which Brentland Ltd is a part.

It was sold by the company back in 1964 to the former Hampshire County Council as part of a compulsory purchase order to build the Highcliffe Bypass.

The carriageway was never built and Peter Boyland, owner of Boyland and Son, began writing to the authority asking to buy his land back.

Residents had objected due to concerns about the pressure on existing facilities such as the doctors surgery and surrounding roads.

Other comments include concerns about a loss of trees with the removal of the woodland, the height of the proposed building, and the potential impact on wildlife.

The new plans were submitted to the council on November 9, with notification letters sent out last week, a council spokesperson confirmed.