A 10,000 project to landscape a run-down area of South Littleton and replace a bus shelter has been given the go-ahead by parish leaders.

The plan includes building a new shelter in a sympathetic-coloured stone and re-paving part of the area. Later on proposals will encompass extra landscaping.

One parish councillor is concerned the cost of the work is too high.

Coun Richard Lasota would like to see repairs made to the current shelter, on Main Street near the corner with Blacksmith's Lane, and claims they could cost a third of the suggested £10,000 spend-out.

But council chairman Sir Timothy Harford said the project was not just about the bus shelter and it was hoped it would make the village's conservation area more attractive.

"The whole area around the shelter is a tip," said Sir Timothy.

"We're trying to improve that. The shelter does get vandalised by people and they also like kicking the Severn Trent little concrete posts out of the ground.

"The new bus shelter will be slightly smaller than the current one, and we've still got to find the right stone."

But councillor Lasota said he was concerned it was a lot of money to spend on a shelter which would be smaller than the current structure.

He has come up with an alternative plan to replace the concrete roof on the existing shelter with one made of tiles.

"I did another sketch of the structure which is there now but replacing the roof with a tiled one," he said. "It would only cost about £3,000."