Planning appeal decision
Junction of Stanedge Road and Sheldon Lane, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1QZ
Planning appeal 3279503 at Junction of Stanedge Road and Sheldon Lane, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1QZ (Peak District) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 7 March 2022 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the principle of the development is acceptable in this location.
the material change of use of the Land and buildings on it from an architectural salvage and storage yard falling within the B8 Use Class, to a use for the importation, processing and sale of stone falling within the B2 Use Class, (“the Unauthorised Use”) and the deposit on the Land of waste materials generated by the Unauthorised Use
- Authority
- Peak District
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- minerals-waste · Change of use
- Inspector
- Phillips A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the principle of the development is acceptable in this location
- the effect on the local environment with particular reference to noise and disturbance
- the effect on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The principle of the development is not acceptable in this location as it represents an unacceptable intensification of use in open countryside outside the settlement boundary, conflicting with development plan policies and causing significant harm to the local environment through noise and disturbance and to the character and appearance of the National Park landscape.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DS1Policy E2Policy DMMW8Policy DME3Policy DME4Policy DME7Policy GSP1Policy GSP2Policy GSP3Policy CC1Policy MIN3Policy DMC14Policy DMC3Policy L1Policy DME8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 176
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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