Shops rejected
The Government overturned planning inquiry recommendations and refused permission for out-of-town shopping centres at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, and Ludlow, Shropshire. John Gummer, Secretary of State for the Environment, said the decisions were 'meant to set examples'.
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