Plans to extend a Camping and Caravanning Club site in Derbyshire have hit a snag after the local parish council objected to the extension.
The Bakewell site in Hopping Lane, Youlgrave lies in the Peak District National Park and had applied for permission to build another 22 surfaced pitches as well as a new service point and an area for storage.
A request to stretch the season which currently runs from March until October by three months so that it would be open from February 16th to January 5th was also submitted by the park’s owners, the Yorkshire Post reported.
However, Youlgrave Parish Council claims that its village roads cannot sustain the increased caravan traffic and opening throughout winter would be too much.
Despite 13 letters of objections and the attitude of the parish council however, planning officials have recommended that councilors grant the site permission to extend.
Planning officers said: “A conditional approval would properly balance recreation interests with the conservation purpose of the national park’s statutory designation and the economic and social welfare of the local community,” the newspaper quoted.
The plans will now go before a showdown meeting at the Peak Park authority’s offices in Baslow on Friday when The Camping and Caravanning Club will learn the fate of its proposals.
