®Planning appeal decision
Hey Meadow , Coal Pit Lane, ROSSENDALE, BB4 9SB
change of use and extension of an agricultural building to form two dwellings
- Authority
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the site would provide a suitable location for new housing
- the effect of the development on protected species
What decided it
The combination of the site's isolated location distant from services and the excessive scale of the extension (59% of barn volume against a 30% policy limit) causing harm to the character of the traditional building outweighed the moderate benefit of two additional dwellings in the planning balance.
the adverse impacts of isolated dwellings in the countryside and harm to character and appearance, afforded significant weight, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefit of two additional housing units and limited benefits from barn reuse
Framework references: 80, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy HS12, Policy EN4
Judgments cited: Tandridge DC v SSCLG & Syrett [2015] EWHC 2503
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