PLANS have been lodged for 20 bungalows for the elderly as well as nine affordable two-bed apartments.

Bloor Homes has applied to Ribble Valley Council for permission for the development at land off Sheepfold Crescent, Barrow.

A design and access statement submitted as part of the application reads: "There is a clear need for older people’s dwellings and bungalows in particular in the Ribble Valley area.

"The applicant has provided a separate independent report from Pinders, that looks at the demand requirement for elderly persons bungalows in this area. That concludes that such demand is evident.

"Further to that, the council has a clear objective to meet that demand in its housing policies.

"A report to the health and housing committee in September 2015 highlights that the council’s housing waiting list had, at that time, 445 households registered for elderly bungalow accommodation.

"As well as providing a significant element of affordable elderly bungalows, which is a benefit of the scheme, the application proposes, by a section 106 limitation, that the elderly bungalows are first offered to people with a local connection.

"Only if not so taken up after a specified period, will the bungalows be placed on the general open market."