An application to flatten a Kenilworth home to make way for an "environmentally friendly and sustainable" new house has been pulled from consideration by the applicant.

The scheme was submitted to Warwick District Council earlier this year, asking for permission for the existing home at Birches Wood Farm on Crackley Lane to be demolished.

In its place a five-bedroom family home was to be built on the green belt site.

The application said the new house would be the applicant's "forever home" as they aim to "build the very best they can to raise a family in".

Plans stated "sustainability has been at the core of this project from the outset" and the existing house was described as having "no architectural merit".

The new house would have five bedrooms (image via planning application)

However, five months after the application was submitted, the plans were pulled from consideration.

While no explanation for this is given on the council's planning portal, a new document submitted by the applicant in July revealed disagreements with the council.

It revealed discussions with planning officers appeared to be based around the size of the new house compared to the existing one.

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"Whilst the quality of the proposed architecture forms an important component of the overall planning balance, the principal issue arising during the assessment of the application concerns the interpretation of green belt policy, specifically whether the proposed replacement dwelling can reasonably be regarded as materially larger than the existing building," the document said.

It added: "Throughout the determination of this application it has become apparent that considerable emphasis has been placed upon percentage increases in volume when assessing proportionality."

The proposed new house was described as "a unique custom designed, self-build, 'fabric-first', environmentally friendly and sustainable" new home designed to the "highest standards to ensure an enhancement is achieved".

Click here to see the application in full.