Eight new homes have been planned for a High Wycombe street despite planners refusing a previous bid to develop the site.

RAP Bluebell Ltd has applied for permission in principle from Buckinghamshire Council to build up to four pairs of three-bedroom semi-detached houses on Mayhew Crescent.

The Wooburn-based firm, run by Richard Potyka, said access to the new homes would be provided by demolishing 91 Mayhew Crescent.

Each house would be no more than two storeys, and each would have dedicated parking, his firm said.

The applicant’s plans state: “The project aim is to achieve the productive use of a large area of vacant land within the developed area.”

The ‘vacant’ land behind 91 Mayhew Crescent has ‘no active use’, according to RAP Bluebell’s application.

The firm’s latest plans come after it sought permission last year to demolish number 91 and construct a single building of five flats, one pair of semi-detached houses and a single detached house.

However, after receiving advice from council planning officers, the firm withdrew its application, meaning it was not determined.

The year before, RAP Bluebell was also refused permission for six semi-detached town houses and one detached town house, in part due to the perceived impact on neighbours.

One resident wrote of the refused plans: “I live at number 89 Mayhew Crescent, from looking at the plans and the surrounding area the proposed houses are going to be above our house on the incline, therefore, we are now going to be overlooked.”