Catterton Barn, Moor Lane, Catterton, North Yorkshire, LS24 8JJ

a partial rebuild and change of use of agricultural barn to residential use (C3) to provide holiday accommodation

Authority: Selby District Council *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: McDonagh C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site would represent a suitable location for the proposal with regard to the spatial strategy for the plan area
The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The proposal conflicts with the development plan spatial strategy by locating tourism development in an unsustainable location outside settlement limits without sufficient economic benefits to justify the harm to rural character and appearance.

The limited economic benefits of the proposal do not outweigh the identified harm to the spatial strategy and character and appearance of the area.

Framework references: 219, 84, 85

Plan policies cited: Policy SP2, Policy SP13, Policy SP1, Policy SP19, Policy ENV1, Policy RT11

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