A major housing plan to build 47 new homes in a village looks set to be approved.

Penrith-based Genesis Homes Cumbria's proposal to develop five and a half hectares of land between Rheda Close and Rheda Park in Frizington will be considered by Copeland Council’s planning panel tomorrow at the Copeland Centre at 2pm.

The application for outline planning permission has been recommended for approval by the council’s planning officers, subject to 21 conditions.

Officers said the development would provide "high-quality homes" to support the council's need and felt there would be a positive impact on local services and an economic benefit during construction.

They added: “These benefits are considered to significantly and demonstrably outweigh any adverse landscape and visual impacts that would result from extending development into open countryside on this edge of the village.”

Arlecdon and Frizington Parish Council felt the scheme did not comply with the Copeland Local Plan and had concerns about demand for housing, sewerage, wildlife and traffic.

The Friends of the Lake District believed it would constitute "overdevelopment" with potential for landscape impact.

There were also 12 objections from members of the public which raised a variety of issues relating to the environment, highways, heritage and visual amenity.

The conditions recommended include requirements for transport and archaeological assessments and bat and tree surveys to be carried out, as well as details of the flood risk and drainage to be provided.

The applicants originally wanted to build 140 new homes on the site but the proposal was withdrawn in August and an amended scheme for 47 homes was submitted to the council.