JANUARY 7 is the deadline for comments to the planning inspectorate on the refused application that would see a permanent home for a free school in North Devon.

An appeal is in progress following Torridge District Council's decision in September to refuse the construction of a new school for Route 39 Academy on land at Steart Farm, near Bucks Cross.

The appeal will also include a public inquiry.

For the full report, and a round-up of the area news and sport, see this week's edition of the Post.