AS the quest for new homes in and around Petersfield hots up, councillors and a respected watchdog have given a lukewarm reception to an outline planning application for a retirement village on the outskirts of the town. If given the green light, the bulk of the development would occupy almost eight acres of land immediately east of Harrier Way and south of Durford Road. But on Tuesday, in a statement at the town council's latest planning committee meeting, the Petersfield Society advised the applicants to go back to the drawing board and withdraw the outline application, or risk the threat of calls for it to be refused. For full story, see this week's Petersfield Herald.