direct to your inboxA 23-year planning debacle has ended in rubble.Amongst the bricks, shrouded in winter mist, are broken columns of elegant stone work.They are the remains of a once handsome building tucked away off Pinfold Lane, Whitefield.Until recently the damaged south facade of the former Georgian, Whitefield Town Hall, still stood.In its 19th century heyday, as revealed in black and white pictures, its immaculate grounds included a small bridge over a lake.Until late last year metal