Plans to replace a barn with five new homes in a coastal village look set to get the go-ahead.

Proposals to redevelop Eastgate Barns at Holme, near Hunstanton, were turned down last year.

The scheme was at odds with the village's neighbourhood plan, because the properties were larger than those likely to be affordable to local people.

Developer Millthorne submitted revised plans for smaller homes in November, saying in a planning statement that they were intended to be "principal residences".

Now West Norfolk council's planning committee is being recommended to approve the scheme when it meets on Monday, July 3.

A planning officer's report says the proposed two and three bed homes, which would be arranged around a courtyard, now conform with the conditions which are set out in the neighbourhood plan.

It says that study rooms in the three-bed properties - which could be used as a fourth bedroom - have been removed from the plans.

It adds: "The proposal would result in the removal of a utilitarian agricultural building which detracts from the conservation area and the proposed design is considered likely to enhance the setting of the conservation area."

Plans for a single-storey property on nearby Thornham Road were turned down by officers earlier this week because of the impact they would have on the coastal area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).

But the report to councillors says of the Eastgate development: "It is considered the proposed built form would represent an enhancement compared to the existing building which occupies the site.

"Boundary treatments along the east of the site will be conditioned to ensure a suitable soft boundary to minimise the impacts of long views available in that direction from the open countryside."

It concludes: "The proposed development is considered to overcome the previous reasons for refusal."