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The owner of a farm wants to demolish a static caravan and replace it with a three-bedroom house.

Mr R Platt submitted an application to Pendle Council at the end of September seeking permission to build a house on the site of an existing static caravan at Windacre Farm on Skipton Old in Road Colne.

Windacre Farm already has a detached house, an agricultural building, approximately 16 hectares of agricultural land down to permanent pasture, and a residential static home, which are all owned by the applicant, with the land subject to a certificate of lawfulness of existing use or development.

But Mr Platt wants the council to approve his plans for the replacement of the lawful static residential home with a permanently constructed one-and-a-half-storey three-bedroom house.

A planning statement submitted with the applications reads: “The applicant seeks to replace the unsightly building which, although lawful, is out of keeping in the local landscape with a well-designed, energy-efficient house constructed from materials which are more in keeping with the local architecture and character of the area.

“The replacement residential dwelling would not be materially larger than the existing residential unit that it would replace.

“The existing lawful residential unit is an eyesore in the landscape and the applicant will remove this eyesore which would result in a material improvement and enhancement to the landscape. This is considered as planning gain and a material factor.

“The proposed development does not require a new or altered access. It does not require the creation or alteration of car parking or a garden area. These are already existing and would be retained.”

Anyone wishing to comment on the application has until November 8 to do so.

Following this, the council will make a decision on whether to grant permission for the plans.