3.2-acre private estate on Richmond Road.

The plan by Bermuda High Ltd. calls for construction of five new buildings, a pool and a driveway system into the estate grounds behind the old Bewdley mansion.

Bermuda High has trimmed down its plans for the gardened property since its 1985 move to have 64 condominiums. Five years later, it won approval in principle for construction of 15 condominiums in five building blocks and a pool.

Each plan has been met by widespread protests by area residents who have argued the construction would create too much traffic for the residential town road.

The new plan also calls for six new bedrooms added to two buildings already on the property.

If the plan is approved and carried through, there will be a total of eight buildings with 32 bedrooms. The buildings should cover 13,710 square feet or about 10 percent of the property area.

Bermuda High's advertised intention to develop stated the land was zoned woodland reserve and high density. Its agents are architects Bath/Butterfield, who drew up the blueprints for the project.

In recent years, Richmond Road has been the subject of increasing urbanisation. In 1990, Environment Minister the Hon. Ann Cartwright DeCouto overruled the Development Applications Board and granted permission for the Montessori School to be established on the neighbouring Dunbarton property.

In January that year, 15 condominiums in two blocks at an estate further down Richmond Road were given final approval.