New Inn Biggar Village, Walney, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3YG

Planning appeal 3301631 at New Inn Biggar Village, Walney, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3YG (Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council *) was dismissed on 9 March 2023 by Inspector Lewis P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the scheme on the special architectural and historic interest of the listed building, and on the character and appearance of the Biggar Village Conservation Area.

Convert the current garage/storeroom and modern annex to a separate two storey, three-bedroom dwelling within the existing building footprint minimising the external and internal changes to the historical portion of the listed building

Authority: Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Lewis P
Postcode: LA14 3YG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the scheme on the special architectural and historic interest of the listed building, and on the character and appearance of the Biggar Village Conservation Area
whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for housing for the purposes of the development plan

What decided it

The unacceptable harm to the significance of the listed building and Conservation Area, combined with the unsustainable location in open countryside contrary to the development plan, outweighed the modest public benefits of providing an additional dwelling.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy HE1Policy HE2Policy HE4Policy H7Policy H5Policy H4Policy I4
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 199Paragraph 202Paragraph 79Paragraph 105

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