A planning application has been submitted to Eastleigh Borough Council for a large four-bedroom home in the garden of a listed building.

Under the plans, a new two-storey detached home and garage will be built in the garden of the Grade II listed Botley House in High Street, Botley.

In the design statement for the proposal, ADP Architects & Urban Designers said: “The application site is located on the south side of the High Street, Botley and immediately at the entrance to The Square and the commencement of the mixed uses associated with the village centre.

"The existing dwelling is a large historic Grade II Listed Building which has been previously extended with a pitched roof single-storey wing to the rear and a relatively recent side/rear extension adjacent to the drive."

Daily Echo: The proposal would see a four bedroom home at the back of Botley HouseThe proposal would see a four bedroom home at the back of Botley House (Image: ADP Architects & Urban Designers)

Botley House is largely associated with the historic Guillaume family who lived there from 1782 to 1936.

The Guillaume family were merchants and owned a large part of Botley Quay, mainly trading in coal and timber.

In the proposal, the building is set away from the main listed building and situated in the rear garden of Botley House.

However, Debbie Case, deputy clerk at Botley Parish Council said: "Committee members felt that the plans were too large for the site and were an overdevelopment of a Grade II listed site. 

"The Grade II listing includes the garden space and given the size of the original property on site, this would have an adverse effect on the architectural/heritage and importance of the site.

"Concerns were raised about additional cars accessing an extremely narrow lane from a main road and that the site crossed the pedestrian right of way onto a busy main road."

The applicant quotes an Eastleigh Borough Council planning in the proposal documents, as saying: “The proposal is for a large two-storey house, which due to its position in the rear garden will not be prominently viewed from Botley High Street.

“It will nevertheless form part of Botley Conservation Area.

“The size of the dwelling and its plot is considered to fit in with the mixture of different sized properties within Botley Conservation Area.”