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CONTROVERSIAL proposals to knock down Holme Wood Social Club and build shops in its place have been delivered another huge blow - this time by a Government planning inspector. Local Councillors have expressed delight at news that an appeal to build a Heron Foods and three other shops on the Broadstone Way site of the club has this week been dismissed. And they now hope the decision can help kick start work to develop Holme Wood that was first proposed in 2012. A committee of Councillors refused the application last summer, saying the development could be detrimental to the existing shops in the area. They said the application did little to refer to the Holme Wood and Tong Neighbourhood Development Plan - a document drawn up in 2012 to regenerate the area.