DOZENS of residents made their views known at the unveiling of proposals for a controversial new development.

The decision to grant 250 homes in Bursledon had been met with anger by residents last year and had been the joint subject of a mass protest.

But at an exhibition detailing how it might look, residents continued to voice concerns about the effect the development would have on traffic and a perceived lack of infrastructure to cope with it.

Ashill Developments presented their proposals to the public for the first stage of the development, off Pylands Lane, having already gained outline planning permission from Eastleigh Borough councillors.

Eighty-two visitors saw in detail where the first 192 homes will go, the style of housing and artists’ impressions of how it might look.

Developers intend to preserve Pilands Copse, have a 15m buffer zone around the housing and will contribute to improvement works at junction 8 for Bursledon.

Ashill will put in its further detailed planning application for this first stage to Eastleigh Borough Council next month and hopes to starting building homes in 2016.

Another public exhibition on the second phase, the final 58 homes, is expected in the next year before a further planning application.

Overall, it includes 87 affordable homes and a mixture of housing from five bedroom homes to one bedroom flats.

But it was plans for these homes and 1,400 homes near Boorley Green that led to a mass protest through the streets of Botley in February last year.

Although both were later approved by council planners, the Boorley Green development will be considered in the High Court next month after campaigners won the right for a judicial review.

Visitors to the exhibition also saw the design for the Sunday Hills Bypass, which has already been granted permission.

The 30mph road will link Dodwell Lane/Pylands Lane with Heath House Lane avoiding the current busy junction at Sundays Hill and is designed to ease traffic coming from the north.

Work should start on this next year.

A 70-year-old Hedge End resident at the exhibition said: “I’m not against the development as such, but where are all the people going to go, all the cars going to go?

“It’s adding to problems we’ve already got.”

Developers say that the Pylands Lane development will be high quality, sensitively designed and respect the local area and its surroundings.

Managing director Steve Lavers pointed out that the principles of the development had been already approved and that it was the details of the housing that was for residents’ consideration.

He added that the Sunday’s Hill Bypass to mitigate traffic from developments in the area had already been judged by the Highways Authority and Eastleigh Borough Council as sufficient.

He said developers were working with affected residents individually to resolve issues and would continue to listen to residents’ concerns.