NIGHTCLUB owner David Atkinson has submitted fresh plans to extend Idols Sports Bar in Kent Street, Kendal.

Last summer South Lakeland district councillors turned down Mr Atkinson's plans to build a two-storey extension on part of the bar's cobbled courtyard.

The businessman has had new plans drawn up, which he hopes have addressed concerns raised by some councillors and Kendal Civic Society.

His agent, Mark Brown, said the scale of the extension had been reduced, much more of the cobbled courtyard would be retained, and the design was more in keeping with the Local Plan.