PLANS have been lodged with Cumberland Council which request consent for alterations to a listed outbuilding in the Cockermouth area.

The application was received on Wednesday (September 11) and it is for a site at Limetree House in Dovenby.

It is proposed that the development would provide additional accommodation ancillary to the main property by rationalizing the floor layout.

A report states: "The proposal will also allow for improved access to the garden area at the side of the property.

"This will enable better use of the outside space and improve the natural light into the proposed bedroom area."

According to the report the site is accessed directly from the local highway network serving the village and it adds: "The space available is more than adequate to provide parking and turning requirements and it is not considered that the proposed works will increase the requirement for additional vehicles."

The building was listed in 2002 and, according to the heritage statement, it is Grade II listed. It states: "This list entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

"Unless the list entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

"For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before July 1, 1948."

The planning application is currently being considered by officers in the council's planning department.