RENEWED plans to build flats on a car park in Darlington town centre have been submitted to include extra homes.

Applicant Howard and Humphrey's, of Richmond, is seeking planning permission to build 15 flats, plus an office, on the site in Clarks Yard.

The existing car park includes six spaces.

A spokesman for Darlington Borough Council, which will consider the application, said it was an alteration to a scheme which was granted approval in the 1990s.

The original plans allowed for 11 flats built on two storeys, however, this application includes an extra floor with a further four flats.

The spokesman said that although the proposed scheme removed parking spaces in the town centre, it was in line with planning guidelines.