INQUIRY: A public inquiry has been opened into Mill House Farm which has been at the centre of a bitter planning dispute for a decade Picture: KATIE MACFARLANE
A PUBLIC inquiry into a council’s maladministration of a County Durham farm has been opened.
Inspector Richard McCoy officially opened the proceedings at the council offices in Spennymoor yesterday.
The hearing will focus on Mill House Farm, in Windmill, near Bishop Auckland and a long-running planning dispute over three barns.
In the “hybrid” case, Mr McCoy will hear from evidence from Durham County Council, Janet Sewell, of BJS Farms and Robert Potts, who represents the Windmill Residents’ Group.
Each party gave their opening statements yesterday, but the inquiry had to be adjourned as further evidence was submitted.
The inquiry will resume at 9.30am today.
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