Tipping Meadow Lyndale Avenue, Wilpshire, Blackburn, BB1 9LP

a change of use of a domestic annexe to form a separate dwelling

Authority: Ribble Valley Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Hockenhull H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies; and the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
Whether the site forms a suitable location for residential development having regard to national and local plan policies

What decided it

The conflict with the development plan was outweighed by the site's sustainable location on the edge of a Tier 1 settlement, the building's existing residential use, and the proposal's accordance with the Framework's sustainable development objective.

Framework references: 150, 80

Plan policies cited: Key Statement EN1, Key Statement DS1, Policy DMG2, Key Statement EN2, Policy DMG1

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