Plans to build more houses on a village development on the outskirts of Middlesbrough have been given the green light.

Middlesbrough Council’s planning committee met on Thursday to consider a revised application for 22 homes on the Rose Cottage development in Stainton. The new affordable homes will include six bungalows, 11 two-bedroomed, eight three-bedroomed and three four-bedroomed houses.

Objections were raised by 23 nearby residents and Montpelier Manor Care Home, as well as the local parish council, which claimed the site was being “over-developed”.

It was also claimed further development at the site would result in problems with access, parking, drainage and flooding risks to next-door properties.

Stainton and Thornton councillor David Coupe told the meeting he had no objections to the principle of new houses on the site. However, he said it would result in over extra cars parked on Strait Lane which would cause “absolute chaos”, while also highlighting a lack of local amenities for new residents.

“There are no shops in Stainton and Thornton apart from a hairdressing shop a nail bar, and the pub and you’ve got the Spirting Lodge,” he said. “Any other amenity and you’ve got to drive to either Brookfield or Hemlington.

“You can walk but it is a long way. The whole point I’m trying to make is this estate and the Taylor Wimpey part were built without consideration to amenities ie no shops and any other future development that may occur would do the same.”

Comments had also been raised by objectors about impact on property values for people living nearby and noise associated with youngsters playing. Ayresome ward councillor, Janet Thompson told the meeting: “I found it quite worrying that one of the objections was the noise from the development, such as children playing.

“What are children supposed to do? Be seen and not heard?”

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The meeting heard an acoustic fence will help mitigate any noise issues from the development. The care home had objected to the design and appearance of the fence and the impact of “over-shadowing”.

However, a council report to the committee, which had recommended approval of the scheme, said noise associated with the proposed development was no different than that of the adjacent residential estates and the impact on neighbours is not considered “abnormal or detrimental”.

The majority of councillors voted in favour of the scheme and it was approved. Permission for the development is subject to a section 106 agreement, requiring the developer – T Manners & Sons – to pay £95,415 towards highway works, £2,000 for local environmental improvements and £40,722 towards a beck improvement scheme.