They say the proposed building will attract anti-social behaviour, will flood the area with traffic and is out of keeping with the area.

Residents won a hard-fought battle to get a huge electricity pylon removed from the site in 2003 after more than five years of campaigning.

Electricity bosses eventually agreed to lay cables underground to replace the pylon in a project costing £3.75 million after the issue was taken to Parliament.

Rabinder Dhami, whose house in Wheatley Crescent backs on to the site, supported the campaign and has now written to Telford & Wrekin Council to oppose the new proposal.

He said: “It’s almost like it was a waste of time now. We put that much effort into making it disappear and what we’re looking at now will be just as much of an eyesore.

“There are a lot of people who aren’t happy with what’s being proposed.

“It will be a huge build and this type of housing will be used as temporary accommodation, not for families.

“I would like something more permanent.

“These types of development have been a target for vandalism – it’s been known in other areas nearby.”

Lakhuir Singh, of Wheatley Crescent, said: “It’s an over-build for the plot and it’s not in keeping with the other housing here.”

Developer Cheney Homes declined to comment on the concerns.