®Planning appeal decision
The Drop Off Cafe, 42 Market Street, Edenfield, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0JN
Planning appeal 3306724 at The Drop Off Cafe, 42 Market Street, Edenfield, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0JN (Rossendale Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 January 2023 by Inspector Moulton E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed variation of the condition upon the living conditions of surrounding residents, with regard to noise and disturbance.
the change of use of land to form an outdoor eating area in association with the adjoining cafe without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 2018/0177, dated 25 July 2018
- Authority
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Moulton E
- Postcode
- BL0 0JN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed variation of the condition upon the living conditions of surrounding residents, with regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The proposed occupancy limit condition would be unenforceable due to the inability to accurately count people in the seating area, meaning the noise mitigation measures could not be reliably applied, resulting in unacceptable harm to neighbouring residents.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV1Policy ENV6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56Paragraph 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 Rossendale
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Dismissed13 May 20263357327Sowclough Farm , Sowclough Road, Stacksteads, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 8LB
- Dismissed18 August 2025336349312 Milne Street, Irewell Vale Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire, BL0 0QP
- Notice varied and upheld9 June 20253327155Land at Hall Fold, Hall Street, Whitworth, OL12 8XL
- Notice varied and upheld29 May 20253328498783 Burnley Road, Crawshawbooth , Lancashire , Lancashire, BB4 8BW
- Notice varied and upheld31 October 20243333704Old Hall Farm, Haslingden Old Road, Rossendale, BB4 8RR
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.