.htaccess access file placed at the root doesn't work on Debian8 Linode

Hi

Got a small problem. .htaccess access file placed at the root doesn't work on Debian8 Linode.

My '/etc/apache2/sites-available/domain.com.conf' has the following:

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

AllowOverride All

Order allow,deny

allow from all

Require all granted

With above setup, one other .htaccess files placed in a directory works OK.

> The same set up works OK on another Linode.
Just baffled.

Can someone point me in the right direction.

Thanks