PLANS to convert a mill to provide additional accommodation at a hotel are likely to be approved when councillors meet next week.

Derwentside district councillors will be recommended to approve plans for the Harperley Hotel, Harperley, near Stanley, County Durham.

The application to change the use of the former corn mill would provide for an additional nine bedrooms, each with en-suite bathrooms. They would also involve an extension to the lounge bar and the removal of a protected mature Scots pine.