Planning appeal decision
North Park Farm, Whitworth Road, Darley Dale, Matlock, DE4 2HJ
Planning appeal 3263159 at North Park Farm, Whitworth Road, Darley Dale, Matlock, DE4 2HJ (Derbyshire Dales District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 23 February 2022 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the principle of residential development and an extension to the building are acceptable in this location having regard to the development plan.
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
- Postcode
- DE4 2HJ
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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S1Policy S4Policy HC13Policy HC8Policy EC1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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