A designer housing estate with its own natural outdoor swimming pool and padel court could be built to fund repairs to a fire-hit stately home.
Dorset Council has published a planning application for Grade I listed Parnham House, near Beaminster, Dorset, which was gutted in a suspected arson attack in 2017.
Former rave promoter James Perkins, who bought the property in 2020, wants to build 82 “quality” homes and two guest lodges.
He has also applied to rebuild the south wing of the house, incorporating a “showpiece” glazed wall into the ruins.