Planning appeal decision
Land off Elleray Road, (Opposite Caxton Cottage), Windermere, LA23 1AG
Planning appeal 3269840 at Land off Elleray Road, (Opposite Caxton Cottage), Windermere, LA23 1AG (Lake District) was dismissed on 2 July 2021 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the locality with particular regard to its position in the Windermere Conservation Area, the Lake District National Park and the English Lake District World Heritage Site.
a one-bedroom, detached dwelling to meet local need (Re-submission of 7/2020/5034)
- Authority
- Lake District
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
- Postcode
- LA23 1AG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the locality with particular regard to its position in the Windermere Conservation Area, the Lake District National Park and the English Lake District World Heritage Site
- the setting of the Grade II listed buildings at 12-18 High Street
- the living conditions of prospective and nearby residents
What decided it
The great weight afforded to the conflict with the development plan and Framework in relation to heritage assets and the National Park, combined with significant harm to nearby residents' living conditions, outweighed the public benefit of local housing delivery.
the public benefit of local housing delivery was outweighed by the great weight attached to harm to heritage assets (the Conservation Area, listed building setting, National Park and World Heritage Site) and significant harm to the living conditions of nearby residents
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 01Policy 05Policy 06Policy 07
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 172Paragraph 196Paragraph 193
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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