Plans to build two new homes in the Lake District have faced local opposition over concerns the proposals will reduce the ability of businesses to operate locally.
Harveve Limited has lodged proposals with the Lake District National Park to knock down a workshop and build two three-bedroom local need houses on land next to Brim Fell in Coniston.
But the plans have faced objections from local residents and Coniston Parish Council.
The parish council said: “The removal of a workshop used until recently by a local carpenter/joinery business will be detrimental to the village’s central role as a rural service centre, reducing the ability of businesses to continue to operate locally.
“The design of the houses does not relate well to the settlement and, in particular, to the neighbouring properties and that the cost of the development will be such that the houses will not meet local housing needs.”
