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Christmas is no longer cancelled! Council U-turn on festive grotto built 'without planning permission' - meaning hundreds of children will get to meet Santa Claus

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The council which was slammed for being a 'Grinch' after refusing planning permission for a beloved Christmas grotto has had a change of heart.

Santa's Grotto Frome, in Somerset, welcomes children to two festive cabins to meet Father Christmas and Mrs Claus, along with their helper elves, every year.

But since moving to a new site at Critchill Manor Estate in April, the business has been mired in a planning row with Somerset Council, with concerns over its sustainability.

In July, the council refused it permission over the lack of public transport access to the site's rural location, meaning private cars have to be used.