THE formal application to develop a new bus station for Hexham on the Loosing Hill car park will go to before planners next week..

Remarkably, in view of the fact that there were more than 10,000 objections to the bus station being moved from its present site, there are only two letters of objection to the scheme.

Predictably, the application, being made by Northumberland County Council to itself, is being recommended for approval when it goes before the strategic planning committee on Tuesday.