Plans have been proposed for more new homes to be built at a former golf course which has been shut since 2019.

The next phase of changes at the closed Great Chart Golf and Leisure complex in Ashford for 10 executive homes within a gated development has been submitted.

Developer Clarus Homes Ltd has outlined the houses would be high end, five or more bedroom detached homes on the site's old driving range.

They would each be set within their own sizeable plot of land with landscaped gardens and a large parking area in addition to a garage.

The houses would have accommodation over three storeys with rooms in the pitched roof spaces.

The application says the homes are "well proportioned and complement each other when viewed as a group".

Planning documents also state the "rural context and protection of the countryside assets have been primary focuses during the design process".

Great Chart's former golf complex was made up of previously developed land featuring a car park, pitch and putt course, golf driving range, shop, café and administrative buildings.

Developers have argued in the submission that the proposed homes meet with Ashford Borough Council's (ABC) planning policy which encourages building "high quality executive dwellings for captains of industry" to further support investment across the borough.

The development would also include an "extensive landscape and ecological enhancement area" which would make up approximately half the site.

The documents state there is an "off-site contribution in lieu of on-site affordable housing" which will be discussed with the council.

The Bears Lane site closed almost four years ago when a sign appeared on the gate to the complex stating "we hope to be opening again soon".

Run by brothers Grant and John Kay, alongside the golf facilities, archery and paintball filled the site.

In 2019, ABC gave the green light for 10 executive homes to be built on the nine-hole golf course in the hope it would secure the future of the once popular leisure attraction.

This came after plans were approved in 2017 for seven homes to be built at the location, but the owners returned with a revised proposal after discovering the initial project had “saleability issues”.

The plans are currently under consultation and a decision is set to be reached by June on the plans for 10 homes.