A PROPERTY company has lost its fight to build a nightclub on the edge of Tavistock. The appeal by Canderbrook Properties Ltd against West Devon Borough Council's refusal of planning permission was dismissed by planning inspector Michael Hetherington. Canderbrook was proposing to build a 500-capacity nightclub with a gymnasium and squash courts at Wilminstone Quarry. The application was rejected by planners last December because it would cause 'an acceptable loss of an amenity to residents living on the approach roads to the site and the town centre'. The inspector concluded that the appellant had failed adequately to demonstrate either that there was a need for a nightclub or that the scale proposed was appropriate in relation to its intended function and catchment area. He also said the site's accessibility was poor. Mr Hetherington said no detailed assessment had been made of the proposed transportation scheme. He said the six 18-seater minibuses for free use by patrons of the nightclub between the site and central Tavistock was unlikely to be adequate to meet demand. His feeling was that significant numbers of people would either be waiting at the site or finding alternative means of transport such as private cars of taxis. 'The proposed bus movements, along with private cars and taxis accessing the site, would, to my mind, create a significant level of engine noise that would be easily apparent from properties lying close to these roads,' he said. 'Groups of people walking from the site would create additional noise. 'Bearing in mind that these activities would take place late at night, and noting from the evidence before me, that these routes are not presently subject to significant late night traffic movements, I feel the resulting effect would be seriously detrimental to the living conditions of the occupiers concerned.'