The company behind a controversial Looe housing development has taken its fight to the national planning inspectorate.

Barratt Homes has lodged an appeal against Cornwall Council over its decision to refuse phase two of a development off St Martin’s Road in East Looe. Homes in the first section of the development are already being lived in.

Barratt Homes and Cornwall Council have reached a stalemate over the issue of drainage.

The developer says that it has stuck to the outline plan approved in 2010 by the local authority.

However, Cornwall Council says that the developer has not provided enough information relating to the detail of surface water drainage, including information about the underlying geology of the site.