Plans for Grand Designs style six-bedroom house with a cinema room in Derbyshire countryside

The project, submitted by Mr and Mrs A Gower, seeks to demolish a large six-bed house built in the 50s known as Quarry View, near Farnah Green, and build a modern replacement.

A report submitted with the plans, filed to Amber Valley Borough Council, shows that the current home, two miles west of Belper, is a large two-storey home with a double garage.

What could replace it would appear to be a much more modern home, set within 12 acres of land, with vast windows and built out of a pale white stone with Staffordshire blue roof tiles.

The home would contain six bedrooms with ensuites, play and music rooms, games and cinema rooms, a basement and wrap-around terrace.

A report written by Derby firm Simon Foote Architects details: “The proposed replacement dwelling has been guided by the client’s brief, the local and national planning policy and the numerous constraints found within the application site.

“The proposal for a replacement dwelling is not considered to harm the dwelling’s unique quarry setting within the Derwent Valley Mills world heritage buffer zone.”

The report says the demolition of the current property was “the most sustainable option”.

It says: “Our belief is that the planning application for a proposed replacement dwelling and demolition of an existing dwelling, is the best use of existing site potential and resources.”

A decision will be made by the borough council in the next few months.