A CONTROVERSIAL £11 million plan for a new supermarket in Abergavenny was thrown out by Monmouthshire planners.

More than 40 protesters packed the council chamber as the Henry Boot scheme was turned down by the county council's planning committee.

The development proposed for the Lion Street site included an Asda food store and smaller clothes store, a cinema, library and 31 flats, as well as two other retail units.

But there had been huge opposition to the plans.

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