PLANS to restore Daresbury Hall back to its 'former glory' by converting it into 33 homes have been submitted to Halton Borough Council.

Owner Malcolm Royle has requested permission to renovate and subdivide the hall into nine individual flats, all with access to a shared leisure centre and swimming pool.

If approved, a farmhouse property will also be developed to the east of the hall, complete with three outbuildings and courtyard.

Three more properties will then form the 'kitchen garden', with plans to demolish and rebuild the five vacant staff houses to the north east of the former mansion.

Each house will have a garden to the back and the three middle properties will have a small veranda looking over the park.

The former coach house and stables blocks would also be renovated to create 10 individual homes, each with a small garden area.

The blueprints suggest that an existing caretaker's bungalow close to the hall could be rebuilt as a 'romantic summerhouse' and live comfortably as a stand alone item.

Daresbury Hall was built in 1759 and became a military hospital during the Second World War, before opening as a residential home for disabled people.

During its time as the 'Spastic's Society', it underwent development work with a number of new builds and extensions taking place.

The site was purchased by its current owner in 1995 and has been the subject of previous planning applications.

But proposals to renovate the former mansion in 2008 were halted due to financial issues.

A cannabis farm was discovered in an annexe building of Daresbury Hall in April 2015, with the property later destroyed by a suspected arson attack in 2016.