®Planning appeal decision
5 Hawthorn Close, Langho, Blackburn, BB6 8DZ
Planning appeal 3303913 at 5 Hawthorn Close, Langho, Blackburn, BB6 8DZ (Ribble Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 25 October 2022 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
the regularisation of unauthorised change of use of agricultural land to residential curtilage. Resubmission of 3/2022/0049
- Authority
- Ribble Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
- Postcode
- BB6 8DZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- whether any 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 proposal
What decided it
The residential use of agricultural land is inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to its essential characteristics of openness and permanence, which cannot be outweighed by the personal circumstances cited by the appellant.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EN1Policy DMH5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 138Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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