Concerns raised over the high proportion of holiday cottages and second homes in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales

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Concerns have been raised over the high proportion of holiday cottages and second homes in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales after a family which bought a remote farm there unveiled a proposal to build a home and create self-catering holiday pods overlooking the Dales Way trail.

The issue of rising numbers of non-residential properties in the 841sq mile park has resurfaced just months after the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s member champion for natural environment called for local authorities to be given the ability to determine the volume of holiday properties in different areas.

The application states the proposal has potential “to create a lifestyle that facilitates good stewardship of the land with the prospect of ecological enhancement through conservation and rewilding, whilst retaining the traditional grazing of Galloway cattle and the provision of an income stream from tourism.

 

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