PLANS for four new homes in the car park of a village pub near York have been withdrawn.

London Ebor Developments had applied for permission to build the three-bedroom properties at the back of the Fox Inn at Stockton-on-the-Forest, with some outbuildings being demolished to make way and a small parking area and beer garden being kept.

The pub closed at the end of last year and has since been sold to York-based London Ebor by Spirit Pub Company. A new application for the homes scheme may be submitted at a future date.