A HOLIDAY accommodation business on a farm near the Herefordshire border has revealed its plan to expand again.

Richard and Medina Brock have been Brandy House Farm in Felindre, north of Knighton on the Herefordshire border, since 1998 when they started with just one bed and breakfast room.

Since then, the couple said they had grown from strength to strength with bed and breakfast, self-catering cottages and camping pods.

But wanting to make the most of the staycation market, they have asked Powys County Council if they can turn a field off the B3455 into "mixed tourist accommodation of tent camping, recreational

touring vehicles and static cabins".

"This has been our livelihood for the last 20 years and it has always been our goal to be sustainable," the couple said in planning documents.

"We are delighted that our oldest son wants to be involved in the business, having grown up within the hospitality industry here at Brandy House he chose it as his degree studying at Cardiff Met [Cardiff Metropolitan University] and gaining a 2:1 in hospitality and events management in 2019.

"We are looking towards ongoing sustainability and see an opportunity with the growth of the staycation market and trend for small high quality units in spacious well thought through settings in keeping with the natural environment.

"Utilising our 20 odd years of experience and his knowledge and enthusiasm in the industry we are excited support him with this new project."

Planning documents added: "Recreational vehicles vans go on hardstanding enclosures along the new track parallel to the road, with electric hookups; tents go in mown areas within a wildflower meadow, with cabins near the entrance and on the upper level, accessed by extending the existing stone track."

Tent pitches will be car-free, plans showed, with campers kit being barrowed from the parking adjacent to the track.

The pitches could be for campers bringing all their own stuff, or ready-erected tents and additional facilities.

The cabins can be "owner-occupied", on managed leased plots, the application said.

"Quality would be controlled by the site owners specifying a limited range of manufacturers from which the cabins could be procured, and the range of suitable facing materials," it said.

Powys County Council planners will make a decision on application 21/2316/FUL at a later date.