Old buildings could be demolished to make way for a development of flats and offices in a town centre.

Permission is being sought to knock down three warehouses on Peel Street, Clitheroe, to may way for the construction of nine flats and an office block, planning documents have revealed.

If approved by Ribble Valley Borough Council planning chiefs, the three steel frame buildings currently on the site would be replaced with a two-story office building and a three-story building for flats.

The new buildings will be built of stone with slate roofs, complete with a car park and servicing area, all accessed from Peel Street which is close to a raft of town centre amenities including supermarkets, bars and restaurants.

Drawings reveal the plans for the flats

Outlining the impact the development would have on the local area, a spokesman for Avalon Town Planning said: “The proposed development would remain physically separated from the Conservation Area and its open space behind the site because of the presence of the Mearley Brook that runs between them.

“The current setting of the open space along this side of the A671 is urban due to the encroachment of terraced housing and mills in the late 19th century.

“The mills have now gone and this site now contains modern steel frame industrial type buildings, which are not of a style that compliments or fits in with either the Conservation Area or the nearby late 19th century development.

“As well as remaining a separate site and entity to the open space in the Conservation Area on the opposite side of Mearley Brook, the proposed development will be seen as a separate, cohesive entity, not to be confused visually with the open space.

“In any event, there is visual separation of the site from the open space by the presence of a tree boundary on the open space side. The open space will therefore continue its existing identity as open space and its setting would not be impinged upon by the proposed development.”

Those local to the area and other authorities have been consulted on the plans and have until August 1 to respond.

Clitheroe Town Council has already responded, saying: “We do not object to this application per se but are concerned about the size of the proposed development which is deemed over-bearing for its location so could perhaps be scaled back.

“There was also a concern regarding the impact of the development on the light and amenity afforded to the nearby school playing field.”

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