A PLAN to build a house on the corner of a street looks set to be approved despite objections from neighbours.

An application to build a detached two-bed house on the corner of Glenthorne Avenue has received objections from neighbours who fear their privacy will be ruined.

A report, to be discussed by the city council’s planning committee at a meeting on Thursday (November 22), recommends the plan be approved.

The plan to build a detached two bedroom house includes two car parking spaces and space for bin and cycle storage.

In a strongly-worded letter sent to council planners, neighbours to the proposed site, Mr and Mrs Chaloner, of Glenthorne Avenue questioned how the street could even function if residents were allowed to sell their garden to make way for new homes.

Mr and Mrs Chaloner said they had a “right to sunlight” as well as privacy and security. They said they would not feel secure and comfortable in the garden if permission to build the home was granted.

A petition signed by the occupants of seven homes in Glenthorne Avenue was sent to council planners objecting to the plan citing overlooking and the loss of road parking spaces as issues.

The petition also states that the property would be “out of keeping” with the rest of the homes in the street as well as the wider area and showed a concern for the impact to the street during the construction of the house.

The report by council planners said the site is “compatible” and “of sufficient size” to accommodate the house and car parking and is an “efficient” use of the land.

The report also addresses the neighbours’ concerns of overlooking from the first floor. The council said the amount of overlooking would be no different than if a storey extension was added to existing homes in the area.

Council planners admit it would have a visual impact on neighbouring properties but said it would satisfy the distance between buildings set out in design guide planning documents and would not block windows in any habitable rooms to an “unacceptable” degree.