A planning application has been submitted to Southampton City Council to turn a garage and parking area into three terraced homes.

The site, located on Oak Tree Road in Bitterne Park, has formerly been used to store vehicles and house two detached garages, which the application seeks to demolish.

The application, submitted by Appletree Architecture, details three, two storey, three bedroom terrace homes with driveways to accommodate six vehicles – two for each home.

Daily Echo: The site is currently used for vehicle storageThe site is currently used for vehicle storage (Image: Google Maps)In order to fit in with the existing properties on the Oak Tree Road, the application states that the homes would be built in red brick with the two end terrace homes having bay windows.

In the planning application, a spokesperson for Appletree Architecture wrote: “These houses will provide good quality buildings to a currently, unsightly, overgrown site, with storage and garaging in a residential suburb of Southampton.

“We have taken advice from the council on this project and believe that we have put together a proposal that is complimentary to the design and layout of the street, in keeping with local character.”

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The planning application has garnered both objections and supporters from residents of Oak Tree Road and the Bittern park area.

One resident said: “This plot looks like it originally was for two houses.

“Squeezing in three, three-bedroom properties, with parking for 6 vehicles, would be overdevelopment in our view and not in keeping with the nearby properties.

Daily Echo: This is what the site could look like if the application is approvedThis is what the site could look like if the application is approved (Image: SCC)“The last drawing, not to scale, makes the property look smaller than the neighbouring houses, when actually it would be taller.

Other residents have taken a different stance – agreeing with the architects that it is high time someone made use of the “eye sore” piece of land.

Another resident added: “Good to see this overgrown eye sore finally getting built on.

“There are not enough family homes in the area and the development is in keeping with the neighbours.”