PLANS for nine new homes to be built in the back gardens of properties in Tuffley will be considered by city planners next week.

The houses would be built on land to the rear of numbers 246, 248, 250 and 252 Stroud Road.

The large gardens back on to properties in Firwood Drive.

Access to the new homes would be from Stroud Road, with a new junction created between numbers 248 and 246.

The nine new homes were originally granted planning permission in 2004.

However, a new application has now been submitted for the land, asking for minor changes to the layout of the housing to be made.

Under the revised plans, the homes will now be a minimum of 20 metres away from neighbouring properties.

According to a report prepared for Gloucester City Council's planning committee by planning officer Bob Ristic, the changes will not impact on the homes already surrounding the site.

He wrote: "The development would be 21.5 metres away from the rear of number 246, and 26.5 metres away from the rear of number 244, both of which are sited at a higher level than the application site.

"I do not consider that there would be any undue loss of amenity through overlooking, to the occupiers of these properties, bearing in mind these separation distances, the topography, the distances involved and the proposed boundary screening and planting."

No objections have been received for the plans.

The officer's report concludes: "The impact of the revised layout has been carefully considered.

"It is concluded that the development would have no undue impact upon the residential amenities of neighbouring residential properties or the appearance of the street scene or the visual amenities of the area."

The application will be considered at Gloucester City Council's planning committee at the North Warehouse in Gloucester Docks on Tuesday at 6pm.