AN APPLICATION to convert a field barn into a bunkbarn has been approved by the Lake District National Park Authority.
The proposal concerning the site at Crosbythwaite Farm near Ulpha, close to Broughton, is to see 'light touch' work carried out on the inside of the building.
A design and access statement submitted as part of the application said: "Visitors to the barn either in small numbers or groups shall arrive either on foot or cycle and access the barn via the existing field gate off the roadside approximately 80m south of the barn.
"Any vehicles associated with visitors will be parked off site within the existing hardstanding/working curtilage of Crosbythwaite Farm and continue to the barn on foot.
"Cycles will be housed overnight within the lean-to store adjacent to the barn."
The application from Mr and Mrs M and GM Fox was approved subject to a number of conditions, including that the bunkhouse accommodation be 'operated and used for short stay, communal, holiday accommodation only'.
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