Planning appeal decision
Limestone Meadows, Meadow Lane, Millers Dale, Derbyshire
Planning appeal 3305642 at Limestone Meadows, Meadow Lane, Millers Dale, Derbyshire (Peak District) was dismissed on 11 July 2023 by Inspector Morgan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the Peak District National Park.
agricultural building to house and feed livestock and to store fodder and implements
- Authority
- Peak District
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Morgan R
- Postcode
- SK17 8QH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the Peak District National Park
What decided it
The considerable visual harm to the character and appearance of the Peak District National Park caused by the siting, appearance and scale of the proposed building outweighs the functional necessity to enable farming, in accordance with NPPF paragraph 176 which requires great weight to be given to conserving landscape and scenic beauty in National Parks.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DME1Core Strategy Policy GSP3Core Strategy Policy L1Core Strategy Policy DS1Local Plan Policy DMC3Core Strategy Policy GSP2Core Strategy Policy GSP1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 176Paragraph 174
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
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Peak District
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Notice upheld23 July 20263364767Land Adjacent to B6054, East of Owler Bar, Holmesfield, S17 3BP
- Dismissed14 July 2026336725113 Sherwood Road, Tideswell, Buxton, SK17 8HS
- Dismissed26 May 20266001246Dove Head Farm, Buxton Road, Flash, Staffordshire, SK17 0TL
- Dismissed15 May 20266002575Land to the South East of The Glen, Hollinsclough Rake, SK17 0RF
- Dismissed14 May 20263367299Marquis of Granby, Hathersage Road, Bamford, S33 0EB
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®