A TEENAGER who has launched a unique hospitality business fears for the future of her company if plans to build 50m-high pylons are given the green light.

Eighteen-year-old Jenny Dawson-Atkinson is the founder of a small business on the outskirts of Foxfield that offers rural getaways to tourists who can spend the night in a traditional shepherd's hut.

However, the young entrepreneur is concerned that plans to build a giant pylon just yards from the site of her quirky business will have a huge impact on her small firm.

She said: "These pylons will be extremely visible from the hut.

"We have a lot of people who come from cities and abroad for the views so they're not looking to have a holiday next to a pylon.

"This is a spot of natural beauty and that's not what this pylon is. We rely a lot on our reviews and if we get one bad review it really could damage the business terribly."

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Communities around the Duddon Estuary have been up in arms about the plans and are determined to do what they can to ensure the cables are taken offshore.

Residents have been campaigning against the plans out of concerns over health implications, in addition to fears over tourism and destroying the beautiful views of the Duddon Estuary.

Sarah Atkinson, Jenny's mother, doesn't think the Lake District is being treated fairly.

She said: "A total of £500m has been given to the Peak District National Park to get rid of their pylons because they are unsightly so why are we being faced with these massive pylons here?

"It's like putting an electric fence around the Furness Peninsula."

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Like many other people around the area Mrs Atkinson has been to National Grid's consultation events to find out more and quiz bosses on their exact plans.

After scrutinising the facts, Mrs Atkinson came across some figures which left her hugely frustrated.

She said: "I went to one of the meetings and it just seems that National Grid's main concern is their shareholders and that seems to be their only priority.

"However, they made more than £4bn pounds last year - that was in profits.

"The overall cost to take these cables offshore is an additional seven per cent to the overall budget.

"We have people from nine different countries coming to our huts. It's only a new business but it's going really well and if they go ahead and build these pylons that business could stop.

"There's no way anyone would want to come on holiday and stare at a 160ft humming pylon.

"It's the National Grid shareholders who will benefit from this but everyone else will lose out."

Although public consultation events have now drawn to a close, members of the public can still get in touch with National Grid until the end of the consultation on January 6 2017.