A COUPLE'S application to turn their NSW farmstay business into a much-needed caravan park has been rejected by the local authority ... despite public support.

It was the second time that the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council's development assessment panel had knocked back Barry and Shirley Breckenridge's plan for a caravan park at the North Coast town of Wauchope.

A disappointed Barry told Caravanning News: "This time we had 18 letters of support but they did not even discuss the proposal, so once again Wauchope still does not have a caravan park."

The couple, who had requested permission to provide six cabins and eight caravan sites at their Brecken-Ridge property in King Creek Road, said they would consider what to do next.

"We are very disappointed as there are a lot of caravanners out there that don't want to travel to the beach or a big park and prefer the hinterland," Barry added.

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