A planning application has been submitted to convert a former bed and breakfast in Cheddleton into a residential home.

The plans, submitted to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council by a Mr R Griffiths, relate to 334 Prospect House on Cheadle Road, Cheddleton, and seek permission for: "Change of use from bed and breakfast to dwellinghouse."

A planning statement prepared as part of the application explains that a bed and breakfast has not been trading in the building since 2018, and the building has lain vacant since.

Explaining the layout of the proposed home, it adds: "The applicant proposes the change of use of the building to a dwellinghouse whose accommodation will comprise of a living room, kitchen, utility, hallway and bathroom at ground floor, with two ensuite bedrooms at first floor.

"To facilitate the proposed change of use it is proposed to demolish a poor quality lean-to structure on the northern elevation of the building and insert a new opening to serve the bathroom and a doorway to access the hallway. An enlarged porch is also proposed along with the insertion of a further new opening in the southern elevation to serve the bathroom. In the southern gable end of the building it is proposed to insert double doors at ground floor level to serve the living room, with a new obscure glazed window to be provided in the eastern elevation to replace an existing clear glazed door / window."

It concludes by arguing that: "The submitted proposal represents an appropriate form of sustainable development" and asks for the council's approval.

The district council will have the final say on the plans at a later date.