A plan to knock down a home on North Parade in Falmouth and replace it with a block of five apartments has raised no objections from town councillors.

Falmouth Town Council's planning committee decided that any objections that had been raised to a previous planning application for 20 North Parade had been addressed, after hearing from the owner at a meeting last week.

Councillors were told: "I have listened to everything that you said at the last application and hopefully this time I have satisfied the neighbours, and I hope I have satisfied you."

They heard that the new design would have a similar footprint to the current building, and would also preserve a view over the Penryn river which councillors had been concerned about losing.

When questioned by councillor Alan Jewell who said there was "a lot of history at the site" the applicant said those concerns had already been addressed.

The previous application had also raised objections from a neighbour about the new building's proximity to their own property, but councillors heard that a new driveway down the side of the building would mean that a proper separation was maintained.

Councillor Grenville Chappel said while a lot of issues had been addressed, he was worried that allowing the site to be redeveloped would lead to "a lot of huge multi-storey buildings all the way down to the marina."

Councillor Candy Atherton admitted he had a point, although she felt the council had already "lost this argument" on North Parade.

And Mr Jewell said he felt development along the road would "creep back over time" but the applicant had addressed the concerns that had been raised.

Councillors agreed that earlier objections had been overcome and raised no new objections to the application.