PLANS to build 90 new homes in a village near Yarm have been submitted to Stockton council.

Banks Property announced plans earlier this year for a new housing scheme on a 5.65 hectare site on the south west of Kirklevington.

The plan is the second this year for the village after Jomast had 145 homes approved – which will increase the size of the village by a third – in July.

Banks has been carrying out consultation events and said comments provided by local people, groups and businesses had been used in the development of the plan, which will be considered by the council’s planning committee next year.

The scheme includes 90 family properties, which Banks said would include family homes and areas of informal green space. The firm says the project will help meet affordable housing demand.

Chris Kelsey, communications manager at The Banks Group, says: “We’re pleased to have been able to talk to so many local people about our ideas for this development, and the feedback and ideas that we have gathered have been very useful to our design team in finalising the planning application.

“We believe we have created a well thought-out plan that would be in keeping with the local surroundings and located in an area which is wholly suitable for this sort of development, and we hope the Council’s planning committee will be minded to agree with us.

“Staying in or moving to the places in which people want to live should be an option for everyone, and increasing the supply of quality homes across our region through developments such as this will contribute to making this a realistic goal.

“Our Kirklevington scheme would be a high-quality development that would help to address this issue within the borough of Stockton, and we are looking forward to making what we believe to be a strong case for its approval.”

Jomast’s plans met with over 300 objections over the size of the scheme, its impact on the village and over road safety fears.

The Kirklevington side of Yarm has seen more than 1,000 homes approved in the last few years, with fears being raised about the impact on traffic both through the centre of Yarm and along Green Lane, in Yarm, where most of the homes are.

With the extra homes at Kirklevington, traffic will increase on the A67 road, which links Yarm with Crathorne and the main A19 artery route.

Members of Kirklevington Action Group are also calling for the council to build a crossing on Green Lane over fears about safety of children crossing over to Conyers School in Yarm.