Plans for 66 homes in Yatton could get the go-ahead when they come before a fresh committee without two vocal opponents next week.
Councillors said in April there were too many unanswered questions about Persimmon Homes’ proposals for the site off Moor Road and deferred the decision until after the election.
Despite scores of objections, North Somerset Council officers are again recommending approval, saying the developer had made numerous amendments.
Calling for the decision to be deferred at April’s planning and regulatory committee meeting, then-councillor Jill Iles said: “The more we look at this, the more unanswered questions there are.”
She claimed a local farmer could be able to offer a different route to the site. Officers have since looked at this option but said it “leads to a number of undesirable impacts and other risks” as it would require a new access road that would harm the landscape and ecology.
Then-councillor Tom Leimdorfer also backed calls for the decision to be deferred but said he would like to see the application refused.
Ms Iles and Mr Leimdorfer are no longer councillors.
Yatton resident Judith Cockram told the committee in April the village was “overburdened” and urged members to refuse the Persimmon application.
The nearly three-hectare site contains a former orchard and land that has been used by the adjacent Yatton rugby club.
Ms Cockram said: “Councillors need to take a holistic view of all the Yatton developments and Persimmon needs to wait for the rugby club plans.”
A report to the meeting said the rugby club was “actively exploring” the development of its grounds but officers said it could take years for any scheme to be approved and implemented.
Persimmon’s original plans, submitted in 2016, included five extra homes homes in the orchard - making up a planned total of 71 - but they have been removed, while other properties have been repositioned in the revised 66 home proposal.
The report to next week’s meeting does not say that any further amendments have been made to the plans since April.
The proposals include 20 affordable homes.
The planning and regulatory committee will meet again on June 19.
