A TOTAL of 165 homes, an apartment block, a care home, a police station and health centre are set to be built on the former Lowfield School site in Acomb.

The development will be discussed at a planning meeting on Thursday, when councillors have been invited to approve the application.

But planning documents say a number of residents objected to the scheme, raising concerns about increased traffic, a loss of wildlife and open space and increased pressure on nearby facilities.

The site is more than 11 acres in size and was formerly home to Lowfield School, which closed in 2007 and was demolished.

Plans include an 80-bed care home, a three-storey apartment block with 18 flats, and 96 two and three-storey houses. There are also plans for 25 self-build and community-build homes. The proposals include plans for “modest front and rear gardens.”

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A report says 20 per cent of the homes will be affordable housing.

The application says: “A new village green has been created at the centre of the plan. This large public open space, with play area, landscaped green amenity and community growing space will provide an attractive and usable space not only for the new development but the surrounding residents.”

Developers say the scheme aims to meets the“needs of the city’s ageing population” and adds: “An intergenerational community model is based upon the idea that housing for an older population can be integrated into new developments. Most importantly, an intergenerational community offers a setting that strengthens existing social bonds and provides opportunities for interaction with members of all generations.”

York Older People’s Assembly wrote a letter in support of the planning application.

A playing field at the site was formerly used by junior football team Woodthorpe Wanderers and the Save Lowfields Playing Field Action Group campaigned against the development, saying it would lead to a severe loss of open space in the area.

Access to the site will be from the existing school access and Dijon Avenue and from the south west from Tudor Road.

A report to the planning committee invites councillors to approve the scheme.

It says: “The site has been designed to respect its surroundings in terms of its design, layout and density and would secure the delivery of a site allocated for housing in furtherance of the requirements of the NPPF.

“In applying the relevant planning balance, it is not considered that there are any adverse impacts that would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of the proposal.”

- The meeting is at 4.30pm on Thursday.