A plan for four contemporary homes in a “landlocked” field near Hereford has got the go-ahead despite neighbours’ strong objections.

The half-hectare plot off the A4110 Canon Pyon Road near the junction with the A4103 Roman Road, currently a paddock, lies immediately south of Elgar Place, the newly completed 92-home Taylor Wimpey estate.

The application by Laith and Diana Majeed of a neighbouring property is for outline permission covering the road access onto A4110, to be followed by a later application with details of the houses and landscaping.

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Currently, “this land serves no real purpose and has become landlocked by residential development on all sides”, their application says.

But fellow neighbour Stuart Grenville Blackwell “strongly” objected to their plan, saying “Any dwelling built in the close vicinity of our bungalow will directly overlook our living, sleeping and bathing quarters, thus grossly violating our right to privacy, thus violating our human rights.”

Also strongly objecting, Mr E Armstrong disputed the application’s claim that the land was “not of high ecological interest”, saying muntjac deer, green woodpeckers, hedgehogs, owls, foxes, rabbits, pheasants and ducks, were to be regularly found, having been driven away from the new estate to the north.

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Mrs C Armstrong of the same address also claimed that the site was flood-prone, a problem that the development would exacerbate for neighbouring properties.

But neither Welsh Water, Natural England, nor the council’s highways, waste, ecology and trees officers objected, while Holmer & Shelwick parish council supported the proposal as long as concerns over access onto the “busy” Canyon Pyon Road were resolved.

Planning officer Simon Rowles concluded there were “no adverse impacts that would outweigh the social, economic and environmental benefits of the scheme”.

The council’s approval lists 20 conditions the development must meet, including on access and visibility at the main road.