Full plans have been revealed for the development of 320 homes on land at Heamoor, near Penzance.

Devonshire Homes has submitted a full application for the homes on land at Trannack Farm.

Under the proposals 96 of the properties would be affordable – 30 per cent – and would be a mix of tenures with 67 affordable rent homes and 29 shared ownership. Of the affordable rent properties 36 would be one bedroom apartments or maisonettes, 17 would be two-bedroom houses; 10 would be three-bedroom houses; and four are four-bed houses.

The shared ownership properties would include 15 two-bedroom houses and 14 three-bedroom houses. The affordable properties would be distributed across the development in a mix of short terraces, semi-detached properties and apartment buildings.

A design and access statement stressed that whilst the development is for 320 homes most of the land will be left as open space. It states: “Despite delivering 320 dwellings, building plots only account for 25% of the application area. The rest is a combination of green public open space, the shared lanes and access road, rainwater basins, publicly accessible fields to the east and land reserved for grazing and biodiversity. Topography means that most of the built form sits on the upper fields which although sloping are less steep than the fields that cut down to the brook.”

The open space will include play areas, meadows, orchards and walking routes through the development. There is an emphasis in the proposed development on footpaths and cycleways to make it easy for people to travel around the development.

Whilst the planning application is for housing the design and access statement added: “While the proposals do not include any commercial or other non-residential space, the landowner, Bolitho Estates is developing a parallel planning application to repurpose the farm buildings at both Higher Trannack Farm and Lower Trannack Farm for different business uses. These also will benefit from potential business tenants living within the development and having straightforward access to both farms.”

Devonshire Homes has also submitted a separate planning application for site access from the A30. One of the main aims for this is to ensure that the access is in place before work starts on site to ensure safe access for construction traffic.

Commenting on the application Matthew Loughrey-Robinson, head of land and planning of Devonshire Homes, said: “Despite the steepness and many constraints of the site, we believe we’ve produced a beautiful, sympathetic and sustainable scheme that will complement the site’s setting and benefit local residents. Importantly, it will help Cornwall Council deliver much-needed new homes, including 96 affordable, with good connectivity to surrounding communities, as well as improved access to previously private areas of the countryside for all to enjoy.”

Penzance Town Council is set to have an extraordinary meeting of its planning committee next week (Tues Feb 7) to discuss the planning application. The meeting will be held in the main hall at St John’s Hall starting at 7pm on Tuesday February 7.

As a public meeting members of the public are allowed to address the committee. Anyone wishing to do so needs to register in advance by sending an email to info@penzance-tc.gov.uk by 9am on February 7.

Devonshire Homes is also set to hold a public exhibition of the development proposals on Monday March 20 at Pulse Venue, Heamoor from 12.30pm to 6pm.

To view the proposals and submit comments search for planning application number PA22/11412 on Cornwall Council’s planning portal.