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19
Aug
Beckwithshaw holiday cabins rejected
Plans to build three holiday cabins off Norwood Lane in Beckwithshaw have been rejected.
Dairy-farming family, K Swires and Co, who own High Moor Farm and Shaw Head Farm, which are both about a mile from the site, submitted a planning application to North Yorkshire Council.
Planning documents supporting the proposal described it as "a modest, sustainable and landscape-led rural diversification scheme", adding:
It will provide high-quality visitor accommodation within an attractive countryside setting while supporting the long-term viability of the existing farming enterprise.
The council accepted the scheme posed no ecological or environmental threat but said the location was "unsustainable" and the application was therefore incompatible with local planning policy.
Council case officer Izabelle Waddington said the site was "car reliant", adding:
As the land of Moor Park is owned by the applicant, it is proposed that occupiers could access the village by walking through the land which would reduce the journey to 1.2km. However, the walking paths proposed through Moor Park are unmade and unlit, as such, it is considered that during bad weather or winter walking through would be undesirable. Furthermore, foot access via Norwood Lane would be undesirable as there is no pavement and the road is unlit.
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