A MAJOR planning application to extend Andover's Chantry Centre has been withdrawn - for more information.

Kailash Estates Limited had submitted a planning application to Test Valley Borough Council for a mixed scheme, which would link directly into the existing Chantry Centre.

TK Maxx had agreed to be the sole retail outlet for the site with Travelodge providing a 50-bed hotel.

But a question mark hung over the application because of doubts over plans for the listed Ford Cottage building.

Test Valley Borough Council planning officer Paul Jackson said this week: "The application has been withdrawn subject to the applicants carrying out more work to get the application into a form we can support."

The application was withdrawn after officers said they would recommend refusal, but the council is confident the problems can be overcome and that a new application will be submitted in due course.