An idea to redevelop part of Porthleven Shipyard to add a restaurant, office and industrial units has been supported in principle - with a few tweaks.

Porthleven Harbour and Dock Company asked for advice from Cornwall Council ahead of submitting a formal planning application.

It is a re-worked scheme from one that was previously proposed in August 2015, with some alterations to resolve concerns from that time.

These include "significantly reducing" the third floor, to avoid potential conflict with views from the harbour and Grade II* Listed Methodist Chapel, as well as incorporating the existing walls within the design and adding a new one-way vehicle route, rather than the previously proposed removal of one wall, which was seen to "result in the loss of a significant element of historic fabric."

Finally, the proposed floor level has been raised to seven metres, to avoid flood risk.

The part cylindrical design of the proposed building remains, as does the light blue timber cladding, mixed with natural cedar cladding, stone and an aluminium roof.

Architects for Harbour and Dock state: "The applicant seeks to take up the opportunity to develop a site which is largely unused and currently only contains a small number of light industrial buildings."

The ground floor would include new public toilets and a bus shelter.

Matthew Doble, senior development officer at Cornwall Council, wrote that in his opinion: "The re-development of this part of the site would be supported in principle and the provision of functional employment space together with commercial leisure uses which compliment the surrounding businesses."

However, he warned that any new-build should be "sensitive" to the conservation area and the specific design did raise "a number of concerns" in terms of size, scale and finish, but that if advice was taken then it was "likely that officer support could be provided."

It will now be up to the Harbour and Dock Company and owner Trevor Osborne to decide whether to submit an actual planning application.