Parish councillors say plans for 35 extra lodges at a North Yorkshire holiday park would lead to overdevelopment of the site.
Leisure Resorts Ltd has applied to North Yorkshire Council to increase the number of units at its Angrove Country Park site between Stokesley and Great Ayton.
The operator already has permission for 54 lodges at the park, but is seeking approval to alter the conditions of a previous application approved in 2017 to allow up to 89 lodges.
All the proposed new lodges would be within the existing boundaries of the park.
Supporting documents with the application say it would mean the site employing at least five extra staff and expanding other roles.
Council officials say the application is partly retrospective as work has already started on installing the lodges.
Councillors on the Richmond Area Planning Committee will be recommended to approve the application when they meet next Thursday (SEPT 11).
In his report, planning officer Ian Nesbit said the proposed development would have a negative impact on some views of the local landscape.
However, he added: “This adverse impact is afforded minor negative weight in the planning balance having taken into consideration the screening effects of the landscaping scheme.
“The moderate positive benefits of the proposed development to the local economy would outweigh the minor localised harm to specific local views of the development.”
The recommendation to approve the application was made despite concerns from Great Ayton Parish Council.
It wrote to object to the application on the grounds that it was “overdevelopment” and the proposals was not appropriate for the location.
Two local residents also submitted objections.
Their concerns included the application allowing all year-round occupancy of the lodges and a claim that the extra lodges should be dealt with by a new application rather than an amendment of the existing permission.
The planning report states that some existing lodge owners on the park have raised concerns about the impact of the additional lodges on the character of the site.
But Mr Nesbit said this was an issue between the lodge owners and the park operators rather than a material planning consideration.
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