OBJECTIONS to a housing development in a Derbyshire village will be swept aside as councillors are set to give it the green light.
Proposals to build 100 homes on agricultural, greenfield land off Willington Road, in Etwall, were put forward earlier this year and South Derbyshire District Council received 162 objections.
A subsequent re-application removed plans for a cricket ground from the development but this has still received 41 letters of objection.
People are concerned that the new homes will add to already-existing traffic problems in the area, a lack of amenities in Etwall, including health services, and a shortage of primary and secondary school places.
John Port School is the largest secondary school in the county and has more than 2,000 pupils, many of whom travel from Hatton and Hilton to attend.
There are also concerns that the existing green buffer between a proposed rail depot and the village will be swallowed up by the development.
The site is one the district council's preferred development areas put forward in the Local Plan and councillors are recommended to give approval when the planning committee meets on Tuesday from 6pm.
