A range of repair works have been approved for a Cheddleton pub - but will no longer include a new outdoor seating terrace that had originally been planned.

Plans submitted to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council back in July by the brewing company Marston's sought permission to make alterations to the Boat Inn's outbuilding, including the removal of the roof, lowering of the walls and creation of a new outdoor seating terrace.

However, in revised plans approved this week by the district council, the required repair works were included, but the seating terrace was no longer a part of the application.

The newly approved proposal granted permission for "alteration to outbuilding to block up basement access, removal of tree and replacement roof tiles on adjacent shelter structure."

The historic pub was built in the mid-1800s and overlooks the Caldon canal.

The plans however, relate to a small stone outbuilding near the pub. A statement prepared on behalf of the applicant explained that the building is in poor condition and needs alterations to make the building safe and reduce the risk to the nearby canal.

Permission was also granted to remove a nearby tree for safety reasons, due to concerns that it may fall into the canal.

Discussing the revised application a report by the district council's planning officers mentioned the absence of the seating area plans.

It said: "As first submitted, the scheme would have created a new outdoor seating terrace for the pub.

"However ... the revised scheme does not extend the existing outdoor seating areas long established at the pub."

Approving the revised plans, the report called it a "positive outcome" for the area.

It added: "After successful negotiation with the applicant's agent the revised scheme by retaining the existing building in a restored state and by introducing traditional roof tiles to the attached canopy building represents a positive outcome for the Caldon Canal Conservation Area in this much visited prominent location."