A PLANNING application for 600 homes at the Mabey Bridge site in Chepstow has been submitted to Monmouthshire council.

The site off Station Road which is currently owned by Mabey Holdings was part of the local development plan which was adopted by the council in February 2014.

The plans submitted to Monmouthshire's planning department propose between 500 and 600 houses to be built on the site as well as offices, workshops and commercial and leisure facilities.

The houses will be a mixture of two to three storey builds under pitched roofs.

The total site is 20.13 hectares and will include access road infrastructure and play and open spaces.

A section 106 agreement propose to create a riverside walkway and cycling track.

It also proposes a section 106 agreement to improve pedestrian access to and from the site in particularly in relation to the Chepstow town centre.

The plans have received a mixed response.

Robert Anthony Deakin, of Hughes Crescent, objected to the plans online.

He said: "The development is too big for the Chepstow area it will lead to road congestion. There are not enough amenities in the town to cope with such an enormous development, no jobs available locally for the amount of influx of people.

"I am totally against such a huge development in such a small area of a beautiful town."

The site will include 2.57 hectares of ecology park at the existing Beaufort Quarry.

Under the plans Brunel House, which is a listed building, will become the centre of Brunel Square to be used as a community space with a potential for a pop up cinema.

Cllr Ned Hayward, mayor of Chepstow, said: "In general I am for it. I think a lot depends on the effort made to remedy traffic problems with the added number of housing - which is of course one of the main concerns of people here.

"It is a potentially marvellous site and on the original plans something which would be quite exciting.

He added: "There is a concern with the developers and what there are going to do to ensure the concept is what's realised. What we don't want is an estate."

Chepstow Town Council's planning committee is due to consider the application on November 26.