A PLAN to build 16 affordable homes on a former city golf course has been put forward.

Social housing provider Platform Housing Group has submitted plans to build a mix of flats, homes and bungalows on part of the old Tolladine golf course in Worcester.

The homes would be a mix of five two-bed flats, a three-bed bungalow, six three-bed homes and four four-bed homes. A total of 36 car parking spaces would also be built.

The latest plans come after permission to build nine four-bed homes expired having been approved in 2011.

The homes would be accessed via The Fairway off Tolladine Road.

Platform said it had addressed several concerns made by residents during consultation before the plan was formally submitted.

In the planning application, Platform said neighbours had said the new access road would be unsuitable and would lead to more cars travelling along it but the developer said the road had been agreed with the council and was suitable.

Concerns were also raised about the disruption caused during construction, the need for affordable housing in the area and overlooking.

Platform said the number of planned affordable homes corresponded with the council's housing policies and there would be no overlooking issues.

Plans to build homes on the land proved controversial when they were first submitted more than ten years ago.

Tustin Homes submitted plans in 2010 but withdrew them only three months later. The plan was put forward again later that year and backed by the council's planning committee in early 2011.

At the time, Warndon Parish Council had warned the plan would be the start of developer's 'chipping away' at the huge green space to build more homes.