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Countryside is pressing ahead with plans to build a McDonald’s restaurant at St James’ Park, despite beef from objectors. The developer of the 750-home Bishop’s Stortford South estate faced a grilling from opponents when its proposals for a local neighbourhood centre were revealed in June. However, the drive-thru remains an integral part of the ‘reserved matters’ scheme – which deals with details following approval of an outline planning application – which has now been submitted to East Herts Council (EHC) for a decision. EHC, as the planning authority, will scrutinise the proposed appearance…

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