North Park Farm, Whitworth Road, Darley Dale, MATLOCK, DE4 2HJ

the unauthorised erection of a dwellinghouse, deliberately concealed inside an agricultural storage/stable building and the erection of a single storey, lean to extension to the agricultural storage/stable building

Authority: Derbyshire Dales District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Phillips A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the principle of residential development and an extension to the building are acceptable in this location having regard to the development plan

What decided it

The residential development conflicted with the development plan policies and, applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11 due to the shortfall in housing land supply, the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of contributing to housing supply.

the adverse impacts of the development significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of a small contribution to the deficient housing land supply and modest economic benefits during construction

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy S4, Policy HC13, Policy HC8, Policy EC1

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