Planning appeal decision
Land and Buildings to the North of Main Street, Flixton, Scarborough, YO11 3HS
Planning appeal 3285728 at Land and Buildings to the North of Main Street, Flixton, Scarborough, YO11 3HS (Scarborough Borough Council *) was allowed on 28 March 2022 by Inspector Gray E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the developments meet objectives to promote sustainable development in the countryside.
Without planning permission, the erection of a building used for general non-agricultural storage on the land, edged red and marked "Building A" on the plan attached to the enforcement notice
- Authority
- Scarborough Borough Council *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Gray E
- Postcode
- YO11 3HS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the developments meet objectives to promote sustainable development in the countryside
- The effect of the developments on the living conditions of neighbouring residents, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The developments constituted sustainable diversification of an established rural business with no demonstrable harm to neighbours' living conditions or highway safety, meeting NPPF paragraphs 84-85 and Local Plan Policy ENV6(b).
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EG3Policy EG6Policy ENV6Policy DEC4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8Paragraph 84Paragraph 85
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.
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