RESIDENTS are holding their breath and waiting to see the new plans for a former mill site which caused such controversy last year.

Hanbury Securities has submitted new plans for the Glory Mill site in Wooburn Green after withdrawing its application for an eight-storey building last year.

The major international company, looking to relocate to the village, decided not to go ahead after a representative attended a public meeting where residents strongly objected to the proposals.

The new plan includes the construction of four, three and two-storey buildings and parking for 750 cars.

The site is earmarked for employment in the local plan and it will be known as Glory Park and have a new access road in Watery Lane if successful.

Hilda Krajewska, who has been living in Meare Estate, Wooburn Green, for more than 34 years, played a big part in opposing the original plan.

She said: "I would like people in the village to find out about it. The plan sounds better than the last one but three-storeys is still quite high.

"There are two-storey houses being built behind my house and they are very high. I will wait to see the plans and then discuss it with other people."

Richard Sanders, managing director of Hanbury Securities, said: "These plans are the final stage in the redevelopment of the Glory Mill site. It is hoped that the office campus and its landscaped corridors will become as much a symbol for Wooburn Green as the old mill and its distinctive chimney."

The plans are not yet available for public viewing because further details are needed before registering the application. Boundary Road widening, traffic lights, speed bumps and a new roundabout at the entrance to the campus in Watery Lane are also included in the scheme.