A COMPROMISE is needed to find a way to turn Toft House in Threshfield into a comfortable, modern farmhouse without losing even more of its original 17th century features, it was agreed at a meeting of the Yorkshire Dales National Park’s planning committee.
Committee chairman, Cllr Caroline Thornton-Berry, said: “I think we are all in sympathy with what needs to be done and we want to help local people as much as we can.
"But our job is to maintain the historic heritage.”
Toft House is described as an important heritage asset and a fine example of a vernacular Dales farmhouse.
The senior listed building officer had objected to a planned extension to the house but, at a site meeting, the planning officer accepted the principle of construction.
It was agreed, therefore, that instead of accepting the planning officer’s recommendation to refuse the application, a decision should be deferred so that a compromise can be found.
l Report by ARC News Service
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