A scheme to build a 12-stable equestrian complex has been rejected by a planning inspector following an appeal.

Victoria White took her plan for the complex, at the corner of Cross Lane and York Lane, Flaxton, to a Government inquiry after it was rejected by Ryedale District Council.

But inspector Graham Garnham ruled: "I am not persuaded that the need for an isolated location has been demonstrated, to the extent that would offset the harm to the open countryside arising from additional built development."