Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Baruth Cottage, Hardmoor Lane, Sandwith Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 9UU
Planning appeal 3285891 at Land Adjacent to Baruth Cottage, Hardmoor Lane, Sandwith Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 9UU (Copeland Borough Council *) was dismissed on 10 February 2023 by Inspector Manchester S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
the erection of a 4 stable block for the applicant’s horses
- Authority
- Copeland Borough Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Manchester S
- Postcode
- CA28 9UU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The proposal's large scale, prominent roadside location, and contemporary utilitarian appearance would render it a visually obtrusive and incongruous form of development that would harm the open rural character and appearance of the countryside and coastal landscape, conflicting with the development plan with no material considerations to outweigh that conflict.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
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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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