PLANS for a new caravan site in an "undefended" area at risk of flooding from the River Ure, near Boroughbridge, have been withdrawn.
Members of Ripon area planning committee of Harrogate Borough Council had been recommended to refuse the application from the Camping and Caravanning Club. The club wanted to site ten touring pitches, 35 static caravans and create a caravan rally area next to a Camping and Caravan Club site in Bar Lane, Roecliffe.
The Environment Agency protested, saying it considered the risk of flooding at the development unacceptable.
A report to committee members by planning officers said the instability of caravans put occupants at special risk and it could be difficult to operate an effective flood-warning system.
A spokesman for Harrogate Borough Council planning department said it was not yet known whether a revised application would be submitted.
The scheme also brought a protest from Roecliffe and Westwick Parish Council, which said the scheme would be over-intensive use of the site and visually intrusive on approaching the village. Four other objections were sent in by residents.
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