Upset Loudwater residents fear they won’t see the sun for “months” every year if new plans to add another floor on top of a block of flats are given the green light.

Park House on Station Road, a former office building which was converted to apartments, is already three storeys high - but a fourth floor could be added on top to provide an extra three flats.

But residents living in nearby Willow Way say the extra height of the building will stop them getting any sun.

Objecting to the plans, Stephanie Olowofoyeku said: “This building already shades our houses and gardens from the sun completely in the winter months.

“Extra height will stop us seeing the sun for weeks or months longer every year due to its low angle.

“We and a number of the neighbours (who have very young children who play in the back gardens which are overlooked by these flats) strongly oppose this development for sunlight and privacy reasons.”

Fellow neighbour Mandy Hart added: “Myself and my neighbours have little or no privacy in our gardens and through the back windows of our properties already.

“Adding extra height to Park House will not only seriously impact on this, it will also limit the sun and light to our gardens and the back of our properties.”

And Station Road resident Lauren Fox said the extra level would “ruin the skyline of this little village”, adding: “The last thing we need is another floor added to this building, this would then be a much larger/taller structure which would be taller than the church and pub opposite.”

A report created for the applicants, Avon Ground Rents Ltd, says the extra flats “will not overlook any of the adjacent properties”, adding: “There are no windows facing the development to the east of the site, and there are no adjacent properties to the south and west.

“The adjacent properties to the north and north-west site are located more than 18 metres away… no issues of overlooking or overshadowing will arise from the proposal.”

According to the plans, the 26 parking spaces – six of which are for visitors – will be increased to 28, assigning four spaces to the new flats and four to visitors.

But some residents say this does not address a parking problem at the flats and in nearby roads.

Paul Cogger, of Norwood Road, said: “Loudwater as a village has an ever increasing parking problem and the additional parking for this development is totally and utterly insufficient.”

If given the go-ahead, one of the new flats will have two bedrooms and two will have one bedroom.

To view the full plans, go to the planning portal at www.wycombe.gov.uk and type in reference 20/07949/FUL.