®Planning appeal decision
Bay View Holiday Park, Dertern Lane, Bolton le Sands, Lancashire, LA5 9TN
the change of use of agricultural land, creation of access tracks and regrading of land to allow siting of touring caravans
- Authority
- Lancaster City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Partington A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) having regard to the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- The effect of the proposal on the landscape character and appearance of the area
- If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The substantial weight attributable to the harm caused by inappropriate development in the Green Belt was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations put forward, so very special circumstances did not exist.
The substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt (by definition harmful, plus loss of openness) was not clearly outweighed by the significant weight given to economic benefits and moderate weight given to meeting caravan pitch demand, so the appeal was dismissed.
Framework references: 138, 147, 148, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy EN4, Policy DM50, Policy DM52, Policy DM29, Policy DM46
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