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A PLAN to greatly increase the size of a Winchester house has been rejected by councillors amid claims of racial bias.

A REVAMP at Long Barn will pose no threat to other businesses in Alresford, a committee heard.

DEVELOPERS who build without planning permission came under fire from city councillors over a scheme in a village near Winchester. Mr A Bennett put in retrospective application after not abiding by planning permission that had been given for three houses, a committee heard. The three two-storey houses, which replaced a 1960s bungalow, were higher than the permission at The Pines, Downs Road, South Wonston. The scheme attracted nine objections from neighbours including Grant Johnston who said the houses were now "overbearing" and invaded neighbours' privacy. Bem Kelly, agent for the de...

DEVELOPERS who build without planning permission came under fire from city councillors over a scheme in a village near Winchester. Mr A Bennett put in retrospective application after not abiding by planning permission that had been given for three houses, a committee heard. The three two-storey houses, which replaced a 1960s bungalow, were higher than the permission at The Pines, Downs Road, South Wonston. The scheme attracted nine objections from neighbours including Grant Johnston who said the houses were now "overbearing" and invaded neighbours' privacy. Bem Kelly, agent for the de...

A bungalow on Springvale Road will be knocked down to make space, a committee heard. Local city councillor Jane Rutter said the bungalow was lived in by Alex Fry, "who was a great gardener and wrote for 50 years in the parish magazine how to garden through the seasons. "His garden was a wonderful example of a cottage harden. So it's a sadness we are going to see it built over but that is the way of the world these days." She added: "It's a shame this perfectly good bungalow is going to be demolished. It should be retained and repurposed but that is not in our policy at the moment but ...