Planning appeal decision
Hallstacks Farm Barn, Wigglesworth, Settle, BD23 4RL
Planning appeal 3288518 at Hallstacks Farm Barn, Wigglesworth, Settle, BD23 4RL (Craven District Council *) was dismissed on 25 April 2022 by Inspector Dean S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is a suitable location for the development proposed, having regard to the development plan.
to replace and improve an existing farm barn complex with two houses within the same spatial envelope and to the same aesthetic as the existing barn complex
- Authority
- Craven District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Dean S
- Postcode
- BD23 4RL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is a suitable location for the development proposed, having regard to the development plan
- Whether the proposal would harm Craven's countryside and landscape
What decided it
The proposal fails to meet any of the policy exceptions for residential development in open countryside, particularly the exceptional quality test, and this development plan conflict is of far greater weight than the proposal's compliance with countryside and landscape policies.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP4Policy SD1Policy ENV1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 80
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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