Farm glamping burrows venture wins approval

FIVE UNITS TO BE BUILT AT SPOT WITH VIEWS OF ROSEBERRY TOPPING

- By STUART ARNOLD

PLANNING permission has been granted for glamping burrows on farmland on the edges of Great Ayton.

An application granted last month by Redcar and Cleveland Council envisages a near one-hectare site off the A173 Newton Road near to the North Yorkshire boundary being landscaped with five new car parking spaces being added.

Two full-time jobs would be created from the tourism-related venture, which is located about a mile from the summit of Roseberry Topping.

A statement submitted with the plans by ELG Planning, a consultancy, said: “The parcel of land is currently in agricultural use - grazing - and accommodates a farm house, Quarry House, which is occupied by the applicant's father and mother, and a portal framed agricultural storage building.”

It described how the location was well connected with public footpaths linking to the likes of the North York Moors National Park, the nearby Whinstone View restaurant and lodgings, and Newton under Roseberry.