The church council at a Nidderdale church has been dealt a planning blow by Harrogate Borough Council.
Planning chiefs have refused an extension to the existing church and its curtilage.
An application was submitted on behalf of Holy Trinity Church, Main Street, Dacre Banks, near Pateley Bridge by the vicar and the parochial church council.
Planners refused the scheme because of its siting and design, which they considered harmful to the setting of the church, landscape and spaitial quality of the area.
They also took into account national planning guidance and guidelines from English Heritage.
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