Plans to build 31 houses around the Newbury and Crookham Golf Club have been rejected by the council – despite dozens writing in to support the scheme saying it would save the club from financial ruin. West Berkshire Council planners said the scheme had no affordable housing, faced away from the existing community and harms the setting of Greenham Lodge a Grade II*-listed building. The application was also criticised for not making any provision for on or off-site public open space to meet the needs of future residents. But dozens of people wrote in to support the scheme. “The proposed develop…