Planning appeal decision
Higher Valley View, Tunstead Lane, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 8NE
Planning appeal 3289232 at Higher Valley View, Tunstead Lane, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 8NE (Rossendale Borough Council) was allowed on 15 June 2022 by Inspector Wilkinson F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be development permitted under Schedule 2, Part 6 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
an agricultural building
- Authority
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Wilkinson F
- Postcode
- OL13 8NE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be development permitted under Schedule 2, Part 6 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
- if so, whether or not the proposal would satisfy the detailed prior approval matters regarding siting, design and external appearance
What decided it
The land constitutes an agricultural unit and the building would be reasonably necessary for agricultural purposes, meeting the requirements of Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the GPDO, with acceptable siting, design and external appearance.
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