Plans to extend a village pub and add a 12-bed hotel to the site have been criticised by a parish council.

The Swan Inn, in Shipham, is owned by Butcombe Brewery – who submitted the conversion plans to Sedgemoor District Council in October.

The proposals include a revamp of disused garages and a single-storey extension to add 12 letting rooms, but Shipham Parish Council is not impressed.

A council statement said: “The development is detrimental to the local community where the pub will take on a more hotel-type feel rather than a local pub.

“The scale of the proposal shows an overdevelopment of the site and is out of character with the local area.”

Concerns were also raised over noise, traffic and pollution.

Butcombe Brewery calmed fears the pub would be lost when plans were submitted.

Its spokesman said: “We very much want to keep the pub as a pub serving Butcombe beer with great-quality pub food.”

The plans are open to public comments until Tuesday, after which planning officers from the district council will review the application.