A SHOP in Witham will not be turned into the county's first-ever cannabis cafe.

Braintree District Council has pulled the plug on plans by pro-cannabis campaigners to offer the drug on open sale in a disused unit in the shopping precinct if the Government downgraded it from Class B to C.

A spokeswoman said the shops off Spa Road were all council owned, and the council would not even consider letting them for an illegal use.

"There has not been a proposal made as yet, but in any case the council would not consider any proposal which was not legal," said Ann Proudfoot.

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