Councillors unanimously approved plans for 71 new village homes – despite fears of overdevelopment and harm to wildlife. The project in Wingham – which will also include open spaces and a children’s playground – is planned for farmland the size of five football pitches to the north of Staple Road. Speaking at Dover District Council’s latest planning committee, Cllr James Back (Con) praised the developer’s plan for 22 of the new houses to be affordable and available in the first instance for rent and joint ownership for local people. “We never get this – shared ownership and locals first,” he s…