®Planning appeal decision
Land at The Crown & Mitre , Bampton Grange, PENRITH, CA10 2QR
without planning permission the making of a material change in use from use as a public house and inn to a single self-contained holiday let (sui generis)
- Authority
- Lake District
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Kean G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development serves the interests of the local community in accordance with local and national policies
- whether the development adequately preserves tourist accommodation
- the effect of the development on adjacent occupiers
What decided it
The proposal's conflict with the development plan as a whole — through loss of tourist/hotel accommodation and unacceptable harm to neighbours' living conditions — outweighed the limited benefits of the holiday let use.
the limited public benefits of the holiday let use (economic, social and heritage-related) did not outweigh the significant harm from loss of hotel/tourist accommodation, the considerable harm to living conditions of neighbours, and the less than substantial harm to the conservation area, so the proposal conflicted with the development plan as a whole and permission was refused
Framework references: 84, 93, 212, 208
Plan policies cited: LP Policy 02, LP Policy 06, LP Policy 18, LP Policy 23
Judgments cited: Moore v SSCLG [2012] EWCA Civ 1202; R v Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, ex parte Milne [2000] EWHC 650 (Admin)
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.