®Planning appeal decision
Lodge Farm, Boggard Lane, Charlesworth, SK13 5HL
Erection of 2 no. agricultural buildings (part retrospective)
- Authority
- High Peak Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Martinson P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- whether the appeal site is an acceptable location for the development having regard to the development plan policies
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the rural landscape
- whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The Inspector's satisfaction that the appellant was operating a genuine agricultural business from the site, evidenced by livestock, machinery, and a credible Woodland Management Plan, meant the buildings qualified as agricultural buildings under NPPF paragraph 149 and were therefore not inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
Framework references: 149, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy EQ4, Policy EQ3, Policy S1, Policy EQ2, Policy EQ6
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.