A planning application to build 18 new houses to add to the new Crosby Meadows estate has received backlash from local residents.

The proposed application includes five first-time buyer houses, a range of private detached housing, a landscaped area with a pond and a mixture of trees, as well as a new footpath coming off Peel Road to make another entrance/exit for the new houses.

The land subject to this application was originally not zoned for residential development, however a mapping error made with the planning blueprint for the east of the island has led to the boundary being expanded.

The application states the houses would be the same style and character as previously constructed by JM Project Management in the Crosby Meadows development.

The proposed houses would not be constructed for at least 12 months, and would not be occupied until a connection to the sewage treatment plan at the bottom of Old Church Road, which is scheduled to be upgraded in 2022, is complete.

The frustration from local residents came before the new application was submitted, with a number of people attending a meeting in April to raise their concerns to Marown Parish Commissioners around the existing Crosby Meadows estate’s current state.

There is a clause in the contracts of existing estate residents which prevents them from objecting to the proposals for more houses.

A resident meeting has been arranged for tonight (Thursday) to discuss the application, with Middle MHK Jane Poole-Wilson set to be in attendance.

The meeting is being held at Crosby Methodist Hall at 6.45pm.