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PLANS to develop land at an abandoned former orphanage have suffered another setback. Proposals were agreed in 2019 to convert the ex-St Peter’s School site, in Gainford, County Durham, into homes, with further properties built on the wider site. Now, following the failure of different land owners to settle on a scheme, an alternative application for permission to start building work has also been knocked back. Speaking on behalf of the applicant, Steven Longstaff, a director at ELG Planning, a consultancy, said: “Since the [previous] approval, Kebbell Homes has tried very hard to agree a deal with the other land owner that would allow the site to be developed on a comprehensive basis.