Don't know any details about the refusal because I'm not around this week so just got a text yesterday.
There is an alternative route for the road that's much more suitable and the Local Area Plan (dated last September) has a paragraph saying that a road should never go the way the planning application suggested as it's unsuitable for a number of reasons.
Would anyone have a sample letter of objection to planning permission that they wouldn't mind emailing to me? If you can, PM me and I'll send on email address.
Plenty of them should be available on county council website that give info about planning applications. For example, . Just look for 3rd party submissions.