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Feb 2023
Government rejects yurts plan for Kirkby Malzeard
The government has refused plans to build three yurts in Kirkby Malzeard.
The proposal would have seen the yurts created on Back Lane North, to the west of Pipistrelle Barn, in a field previously used for grazing sheep.
The application was submitted by Frederick Atkinson to create the yurts, each on raised decking and with its own hot tub along with a ‘services area’ of toilet, sink and shower in a wooden hut.
Harrogate Borough Council turned down the proposal in September.
The authority said the plan would have “an adverse impact upon the character and appearance of the Nidderdale Area of Oustanding Natural Beauty”.
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Mr Atkinson argued that the plan would help to create a “peaceful, low impact and eco-friendly retreat” and took the decision to the Planning Inspectorate.
But Adrian Caines, a government planning inspector, rejected the challenge.
He said the plan would give rise to “significant conflict” with the council’s development plan, in particular the area of outstanding natural beauty.
Mr Caines said:
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