AN Ashburton man is 'reviewing all options' after withdrawing a planning application which has split the neighbourhood. Policeman John Fisher and wife Zena applied to build an extra living room, bedroom and shower room on the flat roof of a previous extension to the rear of his mid-terrace home in Beverly Gardens. The plans included French windows opening on to a balcony with a fire escape The couple provide respite care for physically and mentally handicapped children and say the space is needed to improve facilities. But neighbours have claimed the existing extension, which has doubled the footprint of the property, is too big. They say it looms into their gardens, is out of character and that a first-floor extension would damage the value of their properties. Cllr Andrew Prince, reporting to Ashburton Town Council on Tuesday, said that the application had 'caused more angst than any I have ever dealt with'. The council received 14 letters of objection and several phone calls. Councillors agreed to a site meeting before it was known that the application had been withdrawn. Speaking afterwards, neighbour Peter Underhill said that the Fishers' ground floor extension already shaded his kitchen, as the terrace is set on a slope. 'We look at a grey wall which is five and a half metres long,' he said. Mr Fisher claims that they are not running a business and that it is not a residential home, but neighbours have challenged this claim, saying that children stay overnight. Dartmoor National Park planning officer Jon Holmes said: 'We certainly had concerns with it. It requires some further work before we can think about determining it.'