Plans for a 58 home development on green fields at the edge of Penryn have met with opposition from residents of nearby roads including Round Ring Gardens.

Developers Pearce Fine Homes have submitted an application to Cornwall Council for an estate of on-, two-, three- and four-bedroomed properties, including 20 affordable homes, on land at Trenance, with access onto Round Ring.

But more than 20 local residents, many of whom live in neighbouring Round Ring Gardens, have objected to the plans, mainly due to traffic concerns.

James Prentice reflected the views of many when he wrote: "The local highways can just about cope with the current levels now let alone another 120 plus cars up and down, parking noise and general levels of traffic.

"Truro Hill is fit to burst at the moment let alone with this potential addition... Bohelland is not a suitable alternative either as this has restricted access."

James Pickles wrote that more development would exacerbate problems on the estate, such as the "poor quality and poorly equipped" park which was surrounded by "low income housing... where the residents have no regard for the soroundings (sic) or the estate and drop litter outside of there property."

Others commented that they had been told when buying their houses that the land at Trenance could not be built upon, and they worried any development could devalue properties or reduce the privacy of current occupants.

However, Sue Hennessy wrote: "To object would be hypocritical as I own a property in Round Ring Gardens - built just four years ago in Cornish countryside.

"The plans for the development seem fine however my concern is the access road. As many others have already commented, the roads to this area are very narrow and really not suitable to take another 50 plus users.

"If the very narrow part of Bohelland Rise can be widened then I have no problem with the development. There is a housing shortage and I am totally in favour of affordable homes for local people."

In a design and access statement accompanying the application, Abacus Building Design said the site layout would be influenced existing constraints, with visibility and gradient concerns meaning there is "only one possible access point into the site," but there would also be pedestrian access via a footpath to the playpark on Round Ring.

The development will be based around one central road, which splits into two cul-de-sacs after passing through an existing Cornish hedge, and the design will "take account of the existing geography," and existing trees will be retained and protected "wherever possible."