OPPONENTS of plans to build three homes on the site of Kirby Hill Church of England Primary School near Boroughbridge have been given new hope.

Ahead of a Harrogate Borough Council planning committee meeting to decide the scheme's fate, developers withdrew the application.

Planning officer Pat Sutor, who recommended refusal, said the main reason was the effect it would have on neighbours' light.

Developers Falcon Developments (UK) had sought to convert the school house into one home and put two others on the site.

Kirby Hill Parish Council objected, saying the proposed new homes would be out of character.

A building has been erected to replace the school