Planning appeal decision
Pendle View Holiday Park, Whalley Clitheroe Bypass, Barrow, Clitheroe, BB7 9DH
Planning appeal 3305208 at Pendle View Holiday Park, Whalley Clitheroe Bypass, Barrow, Clitheroe, BB7 9DH (Ribble Valley Borough Council) was allowed on 19 January 2023 by Inspector Young D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would have an unacceptable effect on highway safety.
the change of use of fishery to leisure park with 19 lodges, 11 woodland lodges, 10 cabins, warden’s lodge, conversion, extension and amenity building to form one bedroom holiday cottage, conversion of storage buildings to form one 2 bed holiday cottage, conversion and extension of existing manager’s house and café to form restaurant, public house and manager’s accommodation, 100 car parking space, ground work, re-contouring and creation of ecological wetland and ancillary landscaping without complying with conditions 7 and 8 attached to planning permission Ref 3/2021/0431, dated 9 July 2021
- Authority
- Ribble Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Young D
- Postcode
- BB7 9DH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would have an unacceptable effect on highway safety
What decided it
The small number of pedestrian trips that would be generated by allowing 25% occupancy, combined with the proposed minibus service mitigation and absence of evidence of unacceptable highway safety harm, outweighed the substandard crossing facilities.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- DMG1DMG3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 111
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.
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