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The owners of a popular alpaca farm in Northumberland will have to tear down a £200,000 log cabin after councillors refused to grant permission for them to turn it into a holiday let.

Paul Shrimpton and his wife Kathryn bought their first alpacas in 2006 and now have a sizeable herd of the animals at their Alpaca Encounters business based in Lowgate near Hexham.

The couple currently live in the cabin itself as a temporary measure, with planning permission granted in 2020 for permanent home.

Cabin at alpaca farm in Northumberland will be torn down after plans to turn it into holiday lets refused