Sainsbury's has withdrawn its plans to demolish a house and extend its store in Calne. The plans originally included knocking down an Edwardian Bath stone house at No 1 Cop Croft to increase the size of the store in The Pippin.

North Wiltshire District councillor Carol O'Gorman said Sainsbury's had discovered a problem, which meant it had to change the plans.

There was an issue with a piece of land belonging to Emma Williams, of No 3 Cop Croft. Sainsbury's planned to move a public footpath onto the land but did not realise it was a private road and belonged to Mrs Williams, who said she was not prepared to sell it. "We do not want these plans to go ahead in any way," she said.

Residents of Cop Croft, supported by Calne Town Council, strongly objected to the proposals because of the detrimental impact they believed it would have on the private road of cottages.

The owner of No 1 Cop Croft is property developer Tony Cook from Woking, who is renting out the house. He is set to make a profit from selling the house to Sainsbury's. The plans also included building a private drive for No 2 Cop Croft in exchange for building on their current parking space.

Sainsbury's met planning consultants and district council case officer Lachlan Roberton on Tuesday to discuss the plans.

A Sainsbury's spokesman said: "A new application will be resubmitted in the next few weeks. Sainsbury's has been asked by North Wiltshire District Council to hold a public consultation day, a proposition which had already been discussed and one which Sainsbury's regularly undertakes as part of its development programme. Residents will have the opportunity to discuss the plans at the consultation, the date of which will be arranged shortly."