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A developer’s proposals to turn a former Swavesey opticians into six flats has been refused over concerns that not enough natural light would reach the rooms. South Cambridgeshire District Council decided the flats would offer a “poor standard of living conditions”. Ben Feldman applied to convert the former opticians in Station Road into six flats, following the refusal of previous proposals earlier this year. In his latest application, Mr Feldman said he had addressed the concerns raised about the lack of information around transport and the concerns about daylight in the homes. He submitted …