Plans to turn an old school into a small housing estate are set to be rejected for the second time tonight.

Developers want to convert the former Greenfields School in Coombe Hill Road, East Grinstead, into a block of nine flats and build an additional ten houses.

Residents reacted angrily to the first proposals because the site is in an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Almost 30 letters of complaint were sent to Mid Sussex District Council, which turned the application down.

Some residents felt it would open the floodgates to further development in the area, something that has been resisted in the past.

The council will tonight consider amended plans, although a final decision will be made by a planning inspector at a later date.

The meeting of the north area planning committee takes place in the Dove Suite, The Ark, Turners Hill, at 7pm.