CITY councillors have agreed to amend plans for a development in Winchester after applicants requested permission to make it more energy efficient.

Mr and Mrs Eden asked for a condition to be changed to the building of a new home in Dean Close, to change its maximum standard, in line with new government policy.

The Government announced in March that water efficiency for new homes should reach the equivalent of Code Level 4 for energy.

Planning chiefs voted unanimously in favour of the change, at a meeting held last Thursday.