RESIDENTS in the Grosvenor Road area of Hoylake are worried homes are to be built 'on the wrong side of the tracks'. They are organising a protest at a proposed housing development on railway sidings land near their homes.

A petition is being raised and they propose to lobby Wirral's planning committee. The application APP/1999/5599/D is for 22 flats in four two-storey blocks on land rear of Hoylake Railway Station. Plans can be inspected at Wallasey and comments need to be made by June 17.

Plans for 15 detached homes on the former Leas School site on Meols Drive are expected to be agreed at the next meeting of Wirral's planning department on Monday, June 14.

The application is by Morris Homes, and neighbours Royal Liverpool Golf Club supports the plan, subject to adequate boundary treatment with the golf course. One resident in Meols Drive is objecting 'because of loss of privacy and light'.

A total of 19 homes were previously agreed following a public inquiry. The latest plan for the former Leas School site will be kept within those boundaries and the design will reflect the varied character of homes on Meols Drive.

Under new regulations, Wirral planning committee deals with such applications under delegated powers and not the full council.

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