Wedding venue plans for hall are approved

Redundant outbuildings at the Grade II-listed site can be converted into a spa and wedding venue

Plans for empty outbuildings at the site of a Grade II-listed hall near Scarborough to be turned into a wedding venue and spa have been given planning permission.

The scheme will also see a building converted into six holiday lets at Killerby Old Hall, near Cayton Bay.

Cayton Parish Council raised concerns about increased traffic at the site, but highways officers said they had no objections to the plan and a passing place had been created on the access road.

The planning application, which was lodged more than 18 months ago and has been amended since it was first submitted, was approved by North Yorkshire Council on Friday.

The wedding venue would have space for up to 100 guests, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

The site currently has 47 caravan pitches, glamping pods and holiday cottages, some with hot tubs, as well as a restaurant and a swimming pool.

The new spa facility is expected to include a gym, sauna, treatment room and changing facilities for the use of people staying on the site.

More than 35 new parking spaces will be created for the wedding venue, although Cayton Parish Council said it was "highly concerned about the number of vehicles accessing the complex," according to planning documents.

However, the report said highway officers "acknowledged that a passing place has been added on the applicant's access road".

Planning officers concluded that the site has the capacity for the spa, wedding venue, and holiday accommodation "without causing detrimental harm to each of the businesses, the listed buildings nor open countryside".

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