A housing association behind plans to build affordable housing on a greenfield site said it has listened to residents’ concerns in drawing up its final designs.

Coastline Housing has been granted planning permission for reserved matters related to a development on land known as Glebe Field in Illogan.

The housing association is set to build 33 homes – 31 houses and two flats – on the land which was previously owned by the church.

Outline planning permission had already been granted for the development following an appeal to the Government’s planning inspectorate after Cornwall Council originally refused permission.

Under the plans all the homes will be affordable with 70 per cent for affordable rent and 30 per cent shared ownership.

Cornwall Council’s west sub-area planning committee met this week to consider the reserved matters application and approved it by 12 votes to two.

Illogan resident Michelle Costello, who told the committee she lived opposite the site, said she had been opposed to the development from the start.

She claimed that Coastline Housing had “not addressed one of our concerns that the open space is in the wrong place” and claimed that “the plans have been drawn up without any consultation”.

She added: “The public of Illogan should be able to use it (the open space) and not be tucked away in the centre where we won’t feel welcome.”

The resident told the committee: “This is the last chance to protect Illogan.”

Georgina Hayman, from Coastline, told the committee that the association was aware that the site is “sensitive” and had tried to make changes based on comments from the public, Illogan Parish Council and Cornwall councillor David Ekinsmyth.

She said the plans had been altered following public meetings, parish council meetings and a public consultation event.

Cllr Ekinsmyth said that while he disagreed with the planning inspector’s decision to grant outline planning permission for the development that was now “past history”.

He said: “This is predicated on the requirement of affordable housing in the local area and for people with primary connection to the local area of Illogan.

“This is important to enable us to demonstrate to the local community that, despite us having to go ahead with an unwanted development, we are doing what we can to make it acceptable.”

The committee voted in favour of approving the application by 12 votes to two with two abstentions.