Loss of green space leads to refusal of homes on school site

Councillors rejected a scheme to build new homes on a former school site, which was described as a ‘very raw deal’ for the north Northumberland village.
The application for 30 houses on the former county first school site in Milfield, north of Wooler on the A697, was recommended for approval at last Thursday’s meeting of the North Northumberland Local Area Council.
The school has not been in use since 2009 and the ‘closed and overgrown’ site, off Wheatriggs, features a school building and playing fields.
And it was the loss of this open green space which was one of the chief concerns of the... read more