Less than a decade after it was given the go-ahead, a large, converted barn in the heart of the Cotswolds will be flattened to make way for a mansion house - if Cotswold District Council (CDC) agrees to the idea.

On the outskirts of the picturesque village of Sevenhampton, just seven miles east of Cheltenham, Sennington House is an 18-acre country estate with a timber-clad residential barn surrounded by equestrian paddocks and fields.

The barn conversion was approved in 2015 with a condition attached that it could be occupied solely by those in the farrier business. However, after acting for owners Mr N Partridge and Mrs L Partridge to establish that a subsequent sale of the property was unviable, agents Voyce Pullin successfully had the occupation condition lifted in 2019.

In a Design and Access statement put before CDC, the estate's owners are now asking to demolish the entire barnhouse unit, along with stables and outbuildings, and replace the development with a country house, garage, annexe, swimming pool, pool house and landscaping and associated works.

The Salisbury-based Atlas Planning Group said: "Sennington House is a two-storey timber clad barn, which has been converted into a large four-bedroom dwelling. It is not considered to be of any architectural merit.

"The house is positioned on a private estate occupied by several outbuildings, including 9 stables. The surrounding holding of c.6.5ha is split into a series of small equestrian paddocks, subdivided with posts and white tape. It is located circa 0.25km to the north-west of the village of Sevenhampton. Brockhampton is a similar distance to the east."

The applicant claims that the project, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) will also "enhance the character of the site, with various landscape enhancements and the removal of sprawling equestrian development".

A decision date on the bid is not as yet known.