A PLAN to build up to 100 homes in a village near Evesham has been put back on the table despite having already faced two rejections by the council.

Pegasus Group has again renewed its interest in building up to 100 homes off Bretforton Road in Badsey near Evesham despite seeing the plan rejected by Wychavon District Council last year.

Wychavon District Council's planning officers refused the plan saying homes should not be built on open countryside and was not on land earmarked in the South Worcestershire Development Plan (SWDP).

The plan has now been put forward again but faces similar opposition from villagers.

Council planners said the 60-home plan had already been refused, which was reaffirmed by a government inspector, and 100 homes was too many for a village.

Greystoke Land, which is part of the Pegasus Group, also submitted a second proposal for 24 “entry-level” homes on part of the same plot of land which was approved in principle by Wychavon District Council's planning committee last November.

A plan for 60 homes on the site, of which half would have been affordable, was rejected by Wychavon District Council at the end of 2017 and an appeal was then dismissed by a government planning inspector a few months later.

Angry and frustrated neighbours had spoken out about the plan to build more homes in the village saying Badsey was “already bursting at the seams."

More than 110 comments were submitted against the plan during public consultation last year, the majority of which were objections.

One objector in Fothersway Close in Badsey, said it was “utter stupidity” to suggest building more homes.

“Another 100 houses wanted to be put up in an already over developed village, ruining green land and a view that has been untouched for decades" it said. "This village simply cannot expand anymore it's already bursting at its seams.

“Where are the jobs coming from for these people and yet more vehicles. Utter stupidity.”

The plans can be viewed via the planning section of Wychavon District Council's website.

The application number is 21/00557/OUT.

Public consultation ends on April 24.