Agents Swann Edwards say there has been a “reduction in personnel coming to work in the country since the Brexit vote”.
It was originally a prisoner of war camp during the second world war, then latterly an international hostel for agricultural workers.
Swann Edwards says the decline in workers coming to the country “is starting to become a drain on the company and it is time to look for alternatives for the site”.
“The proposed development is the most logical approach for the site,” it says.
They believe the new housing “will integrate some of the existing buildings both historic and more recent with new housing”.