A house could be demolished on a residential road to make way for a new road to a planned estate of seven homes.

Developers want to build six semi-detached houses and one detached house on sloping land in between Mayhew Crescent and Amersham Hill Drive in High Wycombe.

But to get into the site, number 91 Mayhew Crescent would have to be demolished for a new access road – making the home that adjoins it a detached house instead.

Each of the new homes would be in a row, each with its own garage and a parking space in front.

The piece of land where the new houses could be built is not currently used, and appears to just be a piece of scrubland between the gardens of houses on Amersham Hill Drive, Arnison Avenue and Mayhew Crescent.

Developers have been trying to build on part of the land for years but have so far been unsuccessful.

All of those previous applications involved creating an access to the site from Amersham Hill Drive – but these latest plans, by RAP Bluebell Ltd, who are based in Whitepit Lane in Wooburn Green involve an access road from Mayhew Crescent instead.

In 2009, developers put forward plans for three new detached houses, but an appeal was dismissed because of the gradient of the proposed access road and noise and disturbance from vehicles using it on numbers 48 and 50 Amersham Hill Drive.

Another plan was also submitted in 2009 for two detached houses instead, but still with the Amersham Hill Drive access.

Again, it was dismissed because of the effect the access road would have on Amersham Hill Drive residents and that it would be unsafe because of its length and steepness.

A third and fourth application, in 2011 and 2017 respectively, were also dismissed because of the access.

RAP Bluebell Ltd say the previous plans for the site show that there is no ‘in principle’ objection to more homes there and that the main problem was the access, which they have changed up.

They said in planning documents: “The current application proposes an access from Mayhew Crescent which allows for a wider access route with a more gradual change in levels. The result is an access which meets current standards and overcomes concerns raised in relation to the Amersham Hill Drive route.”

They added that the new homes have been sited to make sure they do not impact any neighbouring houses.

None of the proposed new homes would be designated affordable housing.

The only comment on the plans so far are from the council’s environmental health department, who say the plans should be turned down unless seven electric vehicle charging points are installed – one for each new house.

You can view the plans at the planning portal at www.wycombe.gov.uk using reference 21/07418/OUT.