Controversial plans for holiday lodges at a hotel and golf club is being examined by planners at West Suffolk Council.
The owner of All Saints Hotel Golf and Spa, at Fornham St Genevieve just outside Bury St Edmunds, wants to build holiday lodges - technically caravans - on part of the golf course site.
A previous planning application for up to 35 holiday caravans was refused in 2020 and a subsequent appeal dismissed, but this scaled-back proposal is for 15 lodges.
The new application was approved by West Suffolk Council in January last year, but was met by objections from Fornham St Martin Cum St Genevieve Parish Council, Bury St Edmunds Town Council and the ward councillors.
A range of concerns were expressed, including the urbanisation of an edge-of-countryside location, coalescence with the town and issues surrounding spoiling the neighbours' views.
A planning statement said golf as a sport was struggling and that the new accommodation would make use of surplus land and result in nearly £1.5 million of additional spending in the area.
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