PLANS for the first major construction works in Compton Bassett for 60 years are currently being considered by Wiltshire Council.

Developers GreenSquare have applied for the right to revamp the village’s Briar Leaze estate by building 13 new homes and demolishing six existing houses.

The plans were backed by the parish council but only on condition that certain criteria regarding the width of the access road into the estate, provisions for green space and car parking places are met.

Resident Pete Szczesiak said: “The last major building works to take place in the village were when they built Briar Leaze in the early 1950s just after the war.

“It will be a mixture of social housing and rented properties and completely fits into our neighbourhood plan.

“There are no major objections to it and that will be it in terms of new houses for Compton Bassett if the developers stick to the neighbourhood plan.

“The plan has been accepted for the next ten years so there should be no new houses for that amount of time if it is adhered to.

“Briar Leaze is on the edges of the village and not a part of the conservation area so it was the only bit that they could build on.”

The Compton Bassett Neighbourhood Plan stipulated that only seven houses could be built in the village prompting GreenSquare to apply to demolish six existing houses in the estate to be rebuilt along with the new homes.

The plans have been largely accepted by the village with only one letter of objection sent to the county council.

Richard Green, of The Old Laundry, in a letter to the Wiltshire Council, said: “This development will overlook our back garden. We are pleased to say that we are totally in favour of the development.

"The proposed houses are delightful to the eye, in keeping with the village and will provide much needed affordable homes for the people of Wiltshire.

“This will encourage younger people to move to the village and increase the population.”