The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 2-6 Bank Street, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5JY

the conversion of an existing car park to the north-east side of the existing public house to form an external customer and landscaped area without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 7/2020/2228, dated 4 February 2021

Authority: Lake District
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Hitchcock R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of nearby residential properties and holiday accommodation, with particular regard to noise, disturbance and privacy

What decided it

The modest extension of hours to 20:00 would not materially harm the living conditions of nearby occupiers given the edge-of-centre location, physical containment of the area, and implementation of a premises management plan.

Framework references: 127, 130

Plan policies cited: Policy 06 of the Lake District National Park Local Plan 2020-2035

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