“DANGEROUS” plans for boarding kennels outside Maryport have been refused amid safety concerns.

Joanne Fletcher wanted to build ten kennels in open countryside on Firth View off the A594 as part of a new business venture.

But planning chiefs recommended refusal because of its country setting and also following concerns from the county council’s highways department

The applicant already is living in an unauthorised static caravan on the site, which was also the subject of a second planning application.

But this retrospective application was also refused by Allerdale Council’s planning panel on the grounds that it would harm the landscape, there was no “essential need for it” and the owner would be “highly reliant” on a private car to get to shops and other amenities.

Cumbria County Council said that visibility on the junction between Dearham and Maryport fell short of safety standards, adding that it presented a danger to road users.

Maryport councillor Peter Kendall called in the application amid concerns from the town council about how the site was being developed.

Both the caravan and kennel applications were refused according to the reasons set out by planning officers in their report.

Members voted eight votes to four in favour of refusal on both with no abstentions.