Sutton Upon Derwent residents will be delighted to learn that this afternoon the Western Area Sub Committee rejected an application for variation to erect four holiday cottages at Herrington Park, Sutton Upon Derwent.

I referred the application to the Western Area Sub Committee to enable a full and open debate as the proposal would have resulted “in four stone buildings which would effectively look like a small housing development”.

I attend this afternoon to speak in full support of the objections by the Parish Council and the Officers recommendation that the application be refused.

The committee refused the application 11 – o.