TALK that a new planning application for a supermarket at Steam Mills have been submitted to the council has been quashed.

The Forest Council says the rumour posted on Facebook is based on a resubmission made by Trilogy Developments (Beverley) Limited last Christmas.

A spokesperson for the council said: "At this stage we don’t have any dates for when it will go to committee."

The original planning application, which was first put to the Forest of Dean District Council in 2011, was reactivated by a different company.

But Asda, which was closely associated with the development, has said it is no longer interested in opening a store in the Cinderford area.

The long-running saga hit a serious obstacle when the company which submitted the 2011 application, Trilogy Developments (Cinderford), went into liquidation.

The company was wound up because of the legal costs involved in the long-running battle with the Co-op which opposes building on the Steam Mills site.

An identical application has been submitted by Trilogy Developments (Beverley) which has the same directors.

It will reactivate the application for which the district council gave permission but which was quashed in the High Court. The process of consultation will now begin again.

•Trilogy Developments (Beverley) failed to comment before the Review went to press.