Plans for 192 homes in a north Cumbrian town have been revealed.
Persimmon Homes Lancashire wants to build the estate in Wigton, on land south of Lowmoor Road.
The 9.04 hectare site is currently used for agriculture and to the north east is a recent 57-home development from Gleeson Homes.
Persimmon Homes has lodged a planning application with Cumberland Council and said 154 homes would be available on the open market and 38 designated as affordable.
The estate would feature a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced houses from one to five bedrooms.
Persimmon said mature trees already on the site would be kept where possible.
If it gets the go-ahead, the development would be accessed by a new road off Lowmoor Road.
The application added: “Given the site is surrounded on three sides by the existing urban area it is very well related to the key service centre of Wigton and is a sustainable site.
“The site will also make a positive contribution to the five-year land supply as the proposal for 192 dwellings on the site, by a developer with a proven track record of delivery locally and nationally.”
The site lies within former parkland associated with Highmoor Mansion, a house first built by Joseph Hodge in 1810, on land acquired after the Enclosure Act, enclosing former common grazing land.
A report as part of the application said: “Despite this change from common land to land held privately, the resultant park was partially open to the public, and special days were organised by the occupants of the mansion over the decades.
“As the estate developed under the Banks family, the area forming the proposed development site took on the role as a central place in the estate, surrounded by lodges, cottages and estate workers’ housing.
“During the early to mid-20th century, much of the rest of the estate, including the immediate environs of the mansion, were developed for housing.
“The potential for the survival of earlier deposits within the proposed development site should not be ruled out, particularly since archaeological investigations in the vicinity have encountered Romano-British remains and there is the possibility a Roman road may have crossed the eastern side of the site.
“Further archaeological work may be required, as such features would be of regional significance, and development may result in their loss.”
