Three new homes will be built at a former piggery in Deal, despite fears over noise, loss of light and safety.

Planning permission was granted for the two-bed, detached houses on land to the rear of Western Road by Dover District Council.

The scheme comes from Fishnet Buildings Limited and also includes plans for landscaping, bin and cycle storage and six car parking spaces, as well as demolition of some existing buildings at the site, which was once used as a pig farm.

Vehicle access will be from St Patrick’s Road.

Previous applications for the site have been refused, including plans for five homes in 2019.

Artist impressions from architects Ackroyd Lowrie reveal how the homes will look, with a pedestrian footpath also included.

The design and access statement for the proposal reads: “This application seeks to provide three high-quality 2-bed houses with generous outdoor amenity space and associated parking.

“The scheme has been designed to respond to its residential context and uses a material palette which is inspired by its historic coastal setting.

“There is an opportunity to develop a unused plot of land, increase the local housing stock in a developing area.”

Concerns were raised over the project however, with 30 neighbours submitting objections on the council’s planning portal.

One neighbour said the “aesthetics of this pretty area” would be “disturbed and altered for the worse” by the development, with the site “becoming increasingly clustered”.

He also had concerns over the lack of parking, and said there would be “long delays, interuptions, and noise caused by increased traffic due to the construction”.

Rita Hewitt said: “As well as other concerns, we see major risks of injury to pedestrians using the very busy Pauper’s Alley footpath, a shortcut between West Street and St Patrick’s Road.

"The only access to the development is via St Patrick’s Road where vehicles from the site and people emerging from Pauper’s Alley will come into direct contact.

“Do we have to wait until someone is badly injured or worse before this danger is recognised?

Another resident listed concerns about flooding, as well as “noise, dust and general disturbance of the land becoming a building site for the length of time needed to build”.

Deal Parish Council also objected to the plans.

Councillors at Dover District Council approved the scheme at their November meeting.