Plans to build a caravan site for those working on travelling fairgrounds have been rejected by local authorities.
According to the York Press, an application to build the park in Selby, North Yorkshire, was submitted to the local council last October.
The site would have consisted of ten plots covering around six hectares of land, each accommodating a mixture of mobile homes, touring caravans and trailers.
It would have catered for up to 120 people travelling the country with mobile fairgrounds and similar businesses.
However, local residents submitted more than 300 letters and emails of objection to the council. Several anonymous complaints were also made.
In a final report rejecting the proposals, the council said: “There is no local or historic demand for a permanent site in the Selby area.”
It added: “There is no economic need, no known evidence of a social need, or of a traditional need within the Selby district.”
