PLANS to build eight houses in place of a house and a bungalow have been refused because developers failed to provide adequate parking.

The proposals, for Danecourt Road in Poole, were also rejected by council planners for failing to provide sufficient land to accommodate the development.

The existing buildings, the house, bungalow, a triple bay garage and outbuildings, would have been demolished and replaced, a design and access statement submitted by Pure Town Planning said.

Initially, the plan was to build four pairs of semi-detached houses, with two pairs located fronting onto Danecourt Road, and the other two pairs would have been at the rear of the site.

After amendments, the two pairs of semi-detached homes at the rear of the plot were changed to a terrace of four houses.

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Each house would have been arranged over three floors, with four bedrooms and either an open plan kitchen, dining room and lounge or a separate kitchen/dining room and lounge.

The application was met with 11 objections and one comment in support from neighbours.

A case officer’s report on the proposals said: “The proposed development fails to provide sufficient land to accommodate a development which enhances or reflects local patterns of development and neighbouring buildings by virtue of its uncharacteristic layout, siting, scale, design, detailing, landscaping and visual impact, resulting in a prominent and cramped form of development harmful to the character and appearance of the street scene.”

The officer found that the scheme also failed to ‘provide parking spaces in accordance with the standards’ of the council, failing to provide adequate turning for vehicles in the site.

It also did not give enough detail to show that proposed cycle parking facilities were adequate to meet council standards, too.

Moreover, the officer said the development would impact on trees on the site, with replacement trees ‘insufficient mitigation’ for the loss of the trees on the site.

Finally, the report said the applicant had not demonstrated that the development would not impact the Poole Harbour and Healthland special protection areas and sites of special scientific interest.