A PLAN for a bungalow which would have straddled Nidderdale village's development limit has been refused.

An application to build a two-bedroomed bungalow on land north of Stud Farm, Dacre Banks, near Pateley Bridge, was refused on the casting vote of area planning committee chairman of Harrogate Borough Council Nigel Simms (Masham).

Dacre Parish Council supported the scheme but planning officer Andy Hough recommended refusal.

Mr Hough said the site, near the Royal Oak Inn, was behind existing properties and formed a small plateau above an embankment.

"The plot is very visible from distant views and from adjacent public rights of way.

"The proposed bungalow is not typical of dwellings in the immediate locality which are predominantly of two-storey construction," he said.

Mr Hough said concern had been expressed about the impact on amenity of occupiers of adjacent homes.

Two letters objecting to the development were tabled.

They complained about the impact of extra traffic on a narrow access.