PLANS for an indoor riding centre at Saltburn are being opposed by the parish council.

Tim Hill, of Saltburn Riding Centre, just outside the town on the road to Marske, is applying to Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council for permission to build an all- weather centre.

He said it would meet an increasing demand for riding lessons, and help his business, which had suffered as a result of the bad weather which hit east Cleveland last year, and the foot-and-mouth crisis.

But Saltburn, Marske and New Marske Parish Council said it was going to recommend that the borough council reject the scheme.

The parish council's planning committee said there were too many problems with traffic at the site, which is on a bend.

But Mr Hill said the council's concerns were "absolutely ridiculous".

"It won't make any difference to the traffic and I can't see how they can refuse it," he said.

. We have got to keep abreast of other businesses in the area."