A CHELLASTON councillor has condemned plans to build 157 homes in the suburb – saying "enough is enough".
An application has been submitted to Derby City Council to build the properties on land at Holmleigh Way.
But ward councillor Phil Ingall said Chellaston was "being picked on" and he strongly objected to the proposals.
He said: "I would love to see an end to it. The infrastructure is just not there.
"If you go back 20 years, Chellaston was half the size it is now. Enough is enough."
The application was submitted by Bellway Homes.
The site is currently used as agricultural land and, if planning permission is granted, would see 49 homes built within the Derby City Council boundary and 108 within South Derbyshire.
Councillor Ingall said: "Our schools are oversubscribed, the doctors' surgery had to move to a bigger place and the roads are falling to bits.
"This should have stopped five years ago. I would rather the builders came to us and said they wanted to built 3,000 homes in one big go.
"Then we could decided what we needed to do in terms of resources and facilities.
"But they come and put a few here and a few there and our residents have to suffer for it."
The application is in the public consultation stage and an information leaflet has been distributed to over 300 properties nearby.
Gary Crisp, 50, who lives in West Chellaston Estate – next to Holmleigh Way – said he was concerned about the number of school places that would need to be provided.
He said: "At the moment the policy with the council is to ensure that there are plenty of new primary school places but there is also a requirement for more senior schools. It also means that people on the South Derbyshire boundary will be using facilities that are maintained by Derby City Council and are paid for by Derby taxpayers.
"But the population is growing and if we want to grow businesses then we need to provide houses otherwise we will end up with a lot of people travelling."
A spokesman from Bellway Homes said the firm did not wish to comment at this stage.
The consultation period ends on September 19.
A decision is due to be made by November 13.
