®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Forestgate (on A6071), Blackbank, Longtown, Cumbria, CA6 5LQ
outline application for single dwelling (all matters reserved)
- Authority
- Carlisle City Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Robbie K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the principle of the proposed development with specific regard to its location
What decided it
The principle of development was unacceptable due to the unsustainable location in open countryside beyond the settlement edge, with future occupiers dependent on private motor vehicles, and this substantial harm outweighed the limited housing benefit under the tilted balance.
The adverse impacts of granting planning permission for unsustainable development substantially and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of a single dwelling contribution to housing undersupply, assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy HO2, Policy SP2, Policy HO6
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.