Baxter Group wants to build a mix of affordable apartments and houses on a seven-acre plot off Moss House Road in Marton.

But the scheme has attracted more than 170 objections already and a public meeting is being held at Stanley Conservative Club at 6pm tonight for residents to air their views.

Residents say there are too many houses planned for the site, with access from Moss House Road and Docky Pool Lane – which is very narrow in one part – unsuitable for large construction vehicles and more traffic.

They also say the balance of social housing and private homes has not been taken into consideration.

The latest proposals from the Baxter Group offer a mixture of 1, 2, 3 and 4-bedroom in apartments and traditional houses.

Planning documents say the ‘majority’ of the properties would be available for rent with the rest shared ownership, managed by Progress Housing.

Joan Thompson lives on Moss House Road with husband Rob with planned access to the new site going right past their house.

She said: “I’m struggling to come across one person who thinks this should go ahead as planned.

“The consensus is veering toward a much smaller development with a balanced set of homes to catering for socially housing and private homes.

“The plan is to open up the bollards by us which will lead to all sorts of safety issues.

“We have no issue with social housing but again consideration has to be taken into account for fairness to others wishing to purchase privately just as much as social housing is taken into consideration when any new developments are planned.

“Docky Pool Lane is very narrow leading on to Moss House Road and doesn’t provide much scope to widen it. There are lots of parents who live on Redwood Boulevard who are concerned for their children safety as the estate has only had one entrance and exit.

“All the extra construction vehicles and new traffic will have a massive impact on what is a very quiet estate and safety issues must be taken into consideration.

“The local infrastructure with medical facilities and schools and nurseries isn’t in place for such a large-scale development.

“Although development was always going to happen, the community has grown since the original plans were put forward thus putting a strain on an already overwhelmed area.”

Graham Baker, Conservative councillor for Stanley Ward, said he could not comment in detail on the plans as he sits on Blackpool Council’s planning committee.

But he added: “It does appear to be an overdevelopment. I am quite happy that houses will go on this piece of land eventually but this appears to be a bit heavy on properties for this area of land.”

A previous planning application for 52 homes – less than half of Baxter’s application – was refused in September 2023 after developer Rowland Homes declined to include enough social housing.

The NHS said it would support the plans if developers contributed £73,212 towards medical provision for an expected extra 267 people living in the area – based on an average of 2.4 people living at each per property.

The site sits on a seven-acre plot sitting within Redwood Point, a 422-home development previously being brought forward by Kensington Developments.

Kensington built 137 homes off Progress Way before selling the remaining land.

Elan Homes later built 86 homes on land at the east of the site.

Blackpool Council is under pressure from the Government to build more homes with the authority’s five year plan saying around 3,000 homes need to be built in the borough by March 2030.

Public consultation on the scheme is scheduled to end on February 10.