A MONTHLY farmers' market in Guisborough could offer farmers a low cost venue at which to sell locally produced goods.

Director George Tinsley told a planning committee at North York Moors National Park that the monthly Sunday market would sell products that were locally grown, reared, caught, brewed, pickled, smoked or processed by the stakeholders.

"We want to give the public confidence in what they are buying, with the knowledge that it is all local," he said.

The plan would also offer farmers a cheap venue at which to market their products and help to maintain present levels of employment.

Initial market research has shown there could be significant interest, and several farmers have already said they are keen to take part.

The plan was approved with the condition that further permission would be needed before the market could become a weekly event