Planning permission has been granted for a three metre-high wooden fence at the rear of The Coach House, Marton-cum-Grafton, Boroughbridge.
But Harrogate Borough Council planners said developers should keep a right of way open until a diversion had been set up or the right of way status had been removed.
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