UP to 125 homes could be built on a site on the outskirts of York under new plans being drawn up by developers.

Hogg the Builder is looking at creating the housing estate on a site in Strensall and could submit a full planning application as early as next month.

Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners, Hogg’s agent for the scheme, said the development would be in keeping with the character of Strensall and would not have any significant environmental effects.

Nathaniel Lichfield also said existing roads in the area could cope with additional traffic caused by any development and good public transport links were in place, and that while noise could be an issue because the houses would be close to a railway line, other residential developments near the rail route had previously been approved by the council.

Peter Hill, Hogg the Builder’s technical director, said: “The site has the potential for a housing development of reasonable size, and we are currently considering our options for it.”

He said any development was likely to be a mix of two, three and four-bedroom properties and include affordable housing.

Information on possible environmental issues surrounding the land and the firm’s stance on them has been submitted to planners ahead of more detailed plans being drawn up.

The council will use the report by Nathaniel Lichfield to help decide whether a full environmental impact assessment is needed. The land was included in a list of sites where more than 9,000 homes could be built over the next 20 years under the council’s Local Development Framework core strategy, although this document has since been withdrawn.

The planning consultants’ report said a full application may be submitted in July.