THE Stockdale family, of Burnsall, have welcomed a decision by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority to allow the conversion of a barn on the village's Main Street to a home.
It will allow young members of the family to return to the village with their children.
“Bringing a young family back into a village like Burnsall is amazing," said Ed Williams on behalf of Burnsall Parish Meeting. "If we can get young people back into the school is just fantastic."
Alan Stockdale told the park's planning meeting that there would be a reduction in traffic using the access compared to when it was used for agricultural purposes.
Planning officers had recommended refusal because North Yorkshire County Council’s highways department had stated that the access was unsatisfactory.
However, the planning committee said the application ticked all the boxes in the objective to encourage young people to return to the Dales.
Report by ARC News
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