®Planning appeal decision
Land off A595, School Road, Kirkby-In-Furness, Cumbria, LA17 7TL
new horticultural buildings, including glasshouses and polytunnels, for a horticultural nursery and a temporary dwelling, including landscaping works, the formation of a revised site access and access track to the nursery buildings
- Authority
- South Lakeland District Council *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Thompson F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: whether there is an essential need for the proposed development in this location, and the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- Appeal B: the effect of the developments on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Inspector's finding that the scale and incongruous horticultural appearance of the proposed buildings and bund would cause material, permanent harm to the character and appearance of the countryside outweighed the accepted benefits, determining the dismissal of Appeal A.
In Appeal A the economic, social and environmental benefits (job security, employment, carbon reduction) were outweighed by the substantial weight given to the permanent, unmitigated harm to the character and appearance of the countryside.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM25, Policy DM1, Policy DM2, Policy CS8.10
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.