The proposal, if allowed would enable the holiday park to be occupied all year round resulting in a change of character and appearance to site akin to permanent residential accommodation. The site is beyond the main built up area of Egton in the open countryside where all year round residential development is restricted by Core Policy B and J to where it is proven as essential for farming, forestry or other essential land management activities or is for a conversion to holiday accommodation or letting for local needs or for a replacement dwelling. In this case, there are no exceptional circumstances that would justify a departure from the objectives of those policies.
Whilst the additional 4 weeks of provision of tourist accommodation may offer some modest tourism benefits in line with Development Policy 14, these are considered to be marginal compared with the degree of conflict with the objectives of Core Policies B and J and do not outweigh the strong policy objections to creating an all year round activity area in the countryside.