A revised planning application has been to Southampton City Council for the construction of a two-storey building comprising four flats – after an initial one was rejected.

The development site is at the corner of Mordaunt Road and Liverpool Street, with the Southampton Hebrew Congregation building next to the proposed site.

The land on which the flats are being built was associated with the Synagogue until it was recently purchased.

The original application was rejected by the authority in January, with the council deciding that insufficient parking and the design of the building were grounds for the application to be turned down.

Many Southampton residents were also seemingly displeased with the original application, with it garnering a number of public objections online.

The new scaled-down application comprises four one-bedroom flats with rooftop solar panels.

Despite being turned down for a lack of parking facilities, there will be no parking.

The reason given has been to support the council’s push for residents to use public transport, with the development stating: “This discourages private car ownership and therefore promotes the objective of increased public transport use.”

Unlike the original application, the development has garnered support from one resident, with them saying: “I wish more homes like this were available when I was younger.

“The floor plans themselves look nice, and I suspect that they will make some nice homes for young people in our city, which would perhaps allow them to move out of overcrowded accommodation in HMOs.

“I'm also pleased to see that it is being proposed as a zero-parking development.

“Southampton already has more cars on the road than it can easily handle, so it would be a shame to encourage car ownership by baking it into the cost of all new housing.

“I think it should be taller, but is otherwise a good use of currently derelict space.”

The council is expected to decide on the plans in April.