Today I have been to Cliffe Farm, opposite the gate to see if I could find out more.
When Whitehouses became know via yorkshiregrit.com the land belonged to the farm, but when the house was sold a few years ago the land was not sold with it. The current owner of the house believes the land stayed within the Family. Which is odd because their son was one of the first to climb there.
The current owner of the house does not have a Problem with cars parking near the gate, in fact he has asked climbers why they park down the road!! He thinks it's great that People climb at Whitehouses and sees it as a positive.
So why the landowner has done this is still a mystery, he must have some reasoning no matter how trivial. The good News is that the right Hand side has not been vandalised and not all the Problems on the left are effected. Lets hope the guy sees the Errors of his ways.