Bankfoot Farm, High Snowden, Near Otley, North Yorkshire, LS21 2NJ

Planning appeal 3279094 at Bankfoot Farm, High Snowden, Near Otley, North Yorkshire, LS21 2NJ (Harrogate Borough Council *) was allowed on 26 November 2021 by Inspector Ellison H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for a new dwelling, having regard to local and national planning policies.

the conversion of agricultural building to dwelling

Authority: Harrogate Borough Council *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Ellison H
Postcode: LS21 2NJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for a new dwelling, having regard to local and national planning policies

What decided it

The high-quality sympathetic conversion design that would preserve the significance of the non-designated heritage asset barn and its landscape setting within the AONB, combined with compliance with Local Plan Policy HS6, outweighed the poor accessibility to services.

The poor accessibility to shops and services was outweighed by the preservation of the barn's significance as a non-designated heritage asset, its landscape setting within the AONB, and the benefits of retaining and putting the building back into beneficial use rather than allowing it to fall into disrepair.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy GS3Policy HS6Policy HP2Policy HP3Policy NE4
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 79Paragraph 54

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