内容摘要：The motion was seconded by councillor Jim Snee, who told the meeting: "Bigger isn't always better - be careful what you wish for."

The motion was seconded by councillor Jim Snee, who told the meeting: "Bigger isn't always better - be careful what you wish for."

Councillors also heard that the application had been modified following criticism of the scheme at a previous planning meeting, according to theCouncillor Lindsay Burr said: "I don't think that the character of the conservation area will be hit by this really.

"I think it can only improve it and I think on balance the economic benefits are going to outweigh the other benefits."A man who admitted he had taken a photograph up a teenager's skirt while he was on his way to court over committing the same act on an 11-year-old girl has been jailed.In the original incident, Joel Humberstone, 27, from Leeds, had followed the girl as she walked to school along Allhallowgate and Priest Lane in Ripon in June last year, according to North Yorkshire Police.

But as he was on his way to court in February in connection with that incident, he committed the same crime against a 17-year-old girl in Harrogate.At York Magistrates' Court on Friday, Humberstone pleaded guilty to both acts and was imprisoned for nine months and placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years.

Police said in the first incident, on 7 June, Humberstone had approached the 11-year-old girl from behind, before lifting her skirt and taking the photograph.

The court heard two builders witnessed the crime, with one pursuing the suspect while the other stayed with the girl.Center Parcs wants to put up 700 lodges and accompanying tourist facilities on a site to the north of Hawick in the Borders - creating about 1,200 jobs.

The company hopes to submit its planning application this summer in order to allow building work to start in 2027.Mr McKinlay was speaking ahead of the company's latest information day in the area being held in Selkirk.

Center Parcs currently attracts millions of visitors a year to its six sites across the UK and Ireland.Its chief executive said they had identified the Borders as a "real opportunity".