AIMS to draw up a design statement for Stokesley have foundered.
The working group, led by Andy Taylor, to create the Stokesley village design statement has thrown in the towel on the project after two years, due to lack of interest.
The aim was to capture the essence of the town and set down what made it unique.
Mr Taylor said the statement would have been a useful aid to builders, enabling them to see what building designs would fit with the existing townscape.
"It would have become a supplementary planning guidance adopted by the local council in addition to the district plan," he explained.
However, a variety of problems from the foot-and-mouth crisis to a lack of interest from local people has led to the group giving up on the project.
Mr Taylor said that he felt perhaps the statements were really geared towards villages, rather than a small town of 5,000 inhabitants like Stokesley.
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