Whiteleaf Golf Club has applied to install black netting and posts instead of the dark green colour previously agreed with Buckinghamshire Council.
The club has blamed a human error, saying the wrong colour was ordered after it received planning permission to install new netting and posts.
It has now submitted an application to the authority seeking permission to change the colour of two nets and posts measuring up to 10 metres high, one 45 metres long and the other 15 metres long, to black.
But the move has angered residents, who say the posts and nets should have been green as previously agreed.
Ward councillors Gary Hall and Matthew Walsh have now raised the issue, meaning it will be decided by a Buckinghamshire Council planning committee.
The pair said it had been agreed that the structures would be green and not black. However, the club has said the change would not be “economically feasible”.
In its application, the club said: “By human error at my end the posts and netting have been ordered with the originally proposed black colour, not realised until made and delivered.
“Being a small golf club run by part time volunteers this error was regrettably missed. So we now have the 30 cm 10m off-gloss black supports.
“Changing the colour is not really economically feasible and would add significant delay, so I am seeking permission to use the off-gloss black colour.
“We have been advised by those who have a lot of experience of nets on golf courses and similar, that black rather than green netting and poles will be less visible to our neighbours.”
It added that at a distance from the road it would be hard to see the difference between any dark colours given the trees behind the nets and posts.
Two members of the public have objected to the plans, citing concerns that the posts were agreed to be green and not black.
However, the full comments cannot be seen, as public planning comments are hidden by Buckinghamshire Council — one of only a handful of authorities in the country to restrict access in this way.
The original planning permission for the nets and posts caused a stir, with residents and councillors objecting to the plans.
Cllr Matthew Walsh said at the time: “The proposed installation of a ten meter high fence in the proposed location would be completely inappropriate for the setting. It would be visible in many locations and detrimental to the adjoining properties.”
Despite the protests, planning permission was granted with a condition that the posts be dark green.
The current variation application is recommended for approval and due to be heard at a meeting of Buckinghamshire Council’s West Area Planning Committee on Wednesday, February 18.