A Kennel Club show judge appears to be barking up the wrong tree with plans to breed dogs at his terraced house.

Planning officers recommended councillors reject the idea because it would be too noisy and smelly.

Roy Longton applied to Chorley Borough Council to use his house in Preston Road, Clayton-le-Woods, to breed border terriers.

Mr Longton, who specialises in terriers, has been judging shows for 12 years and said he wanted to breed more dogs to cover his expense.

"I don't take a fee for judging, I could command £50, but I do it to enjoy it. It's not a kennels, it's just a licence to breed more dogs."

But the council's development control committee, which met on Tuesday evening, was recommended in a report by Alan Croston, head of planning services, to refuse his application.

The committee heard that Mr Longton planned to breed up to 10 bitches, producing seven or eight litters a year, with two or three and sometimes up to four or five pups in each litter.

However informal advice from the Kennel Club indicated that a typical litters would produce four or five pups, and that occasionally there would be up to eight or nine litters per year.

Mr Longton, who currently has eight adults and two pups, proposed to keep the best of the pups for showing, with the majority being sold.

John Lechmere, the council's head of environmental services, objected to the plans due to past complaints about dogs at the house barking. He said more dogs would be likely to lead to more disturbance to neighbours.

Clayton-le-Woods Parish Council also objected on environmental grounds and said the place was unsuitable for dog breeding.

Andy Goodfellow, the council's head of engineering and transportation, said he was worried about increased visits to the premises.

Although Mr Longton's dogs appeared generally well behaved, planning officers reported a strong smell of urine following a site inspection.

Recommending councillors to turn the proposal down, Mr Croston concluded: "In my view the proposed use would operate at a level that would involve the keeping of an exceptional number of dogs at what is a relatively small property immediately adjoining other houses.

"With that would be the attendant problems of noise and odour that would detract from the amenities that near neighbours can reasonably expect to enjoy."