PLANS for a house on the outskirts of a village have been rejected due to road safety fears.
Durham City Council was asked to give outline permission to allow building on a small field, north of The Avenue, Coxhoe.
Durham County Council highways officials had said permission should be refused because the access would be on a bend on the B6291 road.
The City of Durham Trust objected to the scheme, saying that the site was outside the village limits, laid down in the city council's local plan.
Planning officials told the development control committee that the scheme would be "prejudicial to road safety''.
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