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Comedian Jason Manford has criticised villagers who objected to a retrospective planning application for a riding school which helps deprived children saying they ‘should know better’.

The popular TV personality turned up at Wednesday’s meeting of Cheshire East’s strategic planning board to ‘speak up for children who have nothing’ and support an application from Higher Farm Equine at Over Peover to change the use of land and buildings from agriculture to equestrian use.

This includes private livery, outdoor arena and equine-assisted learning.

Twenty-four residents and the countryside charity CPRE objected to the application and ward councillor Anthony Harrison (Con) told the meeting the site sits in the green belt and has historically consisted of a cluster of agricultura

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