The temporary shelter, which was installed next to the skate park in the grounds of Hunmanby Community Centre, arrived on a six-month trial period after it was moved from Filey, where it was not well used, in May last year.

However, it ended up staying for almost a year, despite complaints from neighbours, and has been described as one of the village's biggest success stories of the past 25 years.

Last month Scarborough Council's anti-social behaviour officer John Casey said the shelter had gone to Gallows Close in Barrowcliff, Scarborough, but he still had a spare temporary shelter which no-one else in the borough had applied for.

The Constable Road area was mooted as a possible new siting for the shelter, but this was met with an angry response from residents, who aired their concerns at last week's parish council meeting.

Other proposed locations were Bowl- ing Green Lane and Sands Lane playing fields, although this was thought to be too far from the centre of the village.

Cllr Liz Mullin, a long-time campaigner for more youth facilities in the village, told the Mercury: "It was only an idea to have the shelter in Constable Road, it was never under serious consideration and it is not going to happen.

"At the moment there is not going to be a youth shelter in Hunmanby. They only allow you to have them if there is a problem in the village.

"There was a problem when we first got the shelter but now it is fairly quiet in the village, the kids are OK, so the chances are quite slim."

The original choice of the shelter's location next to the skate park in Hunmanby followed careful consultation with young people and nearby residents by the parish council and the Safer Communities Partnership.

Since its removal, the only youth facilities left are the skatepark and original play parks.

Earlier this year Cllrs Mullin and Lavinia Kirk resigned from a group set up to create a new drop-in club for young people in the village.

They had been investigating the idea with fellow councillors Edwina Shachar and Philip Todd following the closure of the Villages Youth Project last year, but became frustrated at their lack of progress.