A controversial plan to knock down a village pub and build a supermarket on the site has been dumped.

Around 200 South Green residents cheered as German firm Aldi's scheme to reduce the Burstead Plough to rubble and put a foodstore on top was kicked out by planners.

Shopkeepers and homeowners packed into South Green Memorial Hall, Billericay, to hear councillors denounce the application.

Published Thursday October 17, 2002

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