FEARS have been raised by residents over a major development at Winchester College.

The school have submitted plans for a scheme on the Southern Campus, which would include an upgraded sports centre, pavilion and design technology building.

It would also involve an access entrance on Norman Road with more than 100 parking spaces.

But residents' concerns include noise and light pollution, increased traffic, the removal of parking bays and potential loss of green space at The Queen Inn pub on Kingsgate Road.

Rosy Blockley of Norman Road said it would bring, "chaos" to her street for two to three years during the construction and once the access entrance was being used by sports coaches and delivery vehicles.

David and Linda Phillips of St Cross Road said they would have a two-storey brick wall built on the other side of their fence, blocking a view of a green space.

Linda said: "It is a very major development in a conservation area and is going to have a huge impact. The development is, to my mind, industrial in its style. A warehouse bang in the centre of historic Winchester."

David said: "People in Norman Road who think it is dreadful say 'What can you do, it's the College'. That is so sad. My reason is to try and give people a voice.

"The sports facilities do need to be rebuilt but this is not the appropriate thing. It will encroach so much onto residents and it is a colossal presence."

David Marchant, of St Cross Road, said: "We are very dismayed about the College's plans to redevelop and relocate its Works Department, laundry and stores onto tennis courts at the back of our houses and also the building of a new car park and entrance.

"With all of the land that they have at their disposal this does not seem to be a neighbour-friendly solution.

"We understand that they want to update their sports facilities but do not see why they need to build an industrial facility on the existing green space, adjacent to residential properties, with the detrimental effect on our amenity, health and well-being.

"They claim that they have consulted local residents and taken our concerns into account. In truth this has just been lip service to us."

If the application is approved, work could begin as early as summer 2017.

The College's Campus Conservation and Development Framework published in 2010 identified the site as the least constrained and most suitable for redevelopment.

In a statement, the College said: "The College is very aware of the importance of the wider campus as an integral part of Winchester’s historic fabric and heritage.

"The redevelopment will replace decaying and inefficient buildings built in the 1960s, with modern, environmentally-efficient buildings. Traffic volumes in and out of the site, both vehicular and pedestrian, will therefore remain much the same.

"The lease for the rear garden area used by the Queen Inn was renewed by the College in 2010 for seven years. Concerns were raised regarding the loss of this section of garden, during and after the public consultation by residents, although Greene King has not made any objections.

The College has listened to these concerns and has modified the scheme to allow continued use by the Queen Inn of approximately half of the area owned by the College, under a new lease.

"The College sought pre-application planning advice from Winchester City Council, the statutory consultees, and have engaged with the public through a consultation process.

We have listened to all the feedback, a lot of which has been positive. The concerns raised have been forwarded to the design team with reports and studies commissioned."