A GROUP of residents held up placards and protested against plans to build 47 homes at a Highbridge beauty spot.

Developer, Flower & Hayes, is seeking planning permission to build a 14 two bed, 30 three bed and three four bedroom homes and 128 parking spaces on land to the north of Walrow Road in Highbridge.

On Thursday (February 28) campaigners protested outside the site while members of Sedgemoor District Council's development committee conducted a site visit to assess the site, access and suitability of the site for the proposal.

The controversial application, which has attracted 132 responses from local residents, has yet to be decided after it was deferred by SDC's development committee on February 19.

Councillors from Burnham and Highbridge Town Council's planning committee voted unanimously in September 2018 and December 2018 to oppose the plans and cited highway access, over development, flood risk and wildlife impact as their reasons for objecting.

The council's development committee will discuss the application at their next meeting on March 19.