A land owner who wishes to create new houses on the outskirts of a village has revised the project two years after a rejection from Cornwall Council.

Greg Coombe has submitted a planning application for six homes on land adjacent to Little Upton Farm, at Upton Cross.

The scheme is a scaled back and redesigned version of an earlier proposal for 14 houses, which was refused by the local authority in 2015 and then rejected on appeal.

The new plans represent a sensitive development in the style of a Cornish farmstead, says agent Laurence Associates.

Three of the six houses would be affordable homes for local people, and all would be ‘good-sized family dwellings’ constructed of quality, locally-sourced materials, the agent states.

The design statement submitted to the council says: ‘The proposal seeks to respectfully incorporate six dwellings into the plot whilst preserving the character of the area.

’It is considered that the design is of a high quality and the finished form of the development will have a positive impact on the surrounding built environment.’

The new scheme has addressed comments made by the planning inspector in 2016, says the agent, so as to reduce the impact on the neighbouring Upton Hall farmhouse and the Caradon Hill Area of Great Landscape Value.

A new access road from the B3254 (the main road into Upton Cross) would be created as part of the scheme.