by Chris Malone
A village pub in Eggleston, County Durham, has been given permission to use an adjoining field as a caravan site.
The Moorcock Inn has been using the site for two years, but the local council recently told owner Mark Reynolds that he would have to seek planning permission to continue.
According to the Teesdale Mercury, residents objected to the facility being given the green light as a result of the behaviour of some previous residents.
However Mr Reynolds was given permission to host caravans in the field for a maximum of 28 days per year.
He claimed that by doing so, he can secure the future of the 160-year-old village pub by continuing to hold functions that also allow him to help other local businesses by using them as suppliers.
“These people are middle aged and more – they don’t go home in the middle of the night drunk and swearing. These people are not hooligans,” he told the newspaper.
Meanwhile, the UK’s caravan sites continue to be blanketed in snow and ice after a week of wintry conditions across most of the country
