Planning appeal decision
Land Lying to the South of Brown Howe, Water Yeat, Ulverston, LA12 8DW
Planning appeal 3310592 at Land Lying to the South of Brown Howe, Water Yeat, Ulverston, LA12 8DW (Lake District) was dismissed on 2 November 2023 by Inspector Whitfield J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the landscape of the Lake District National Park and the outstanding universal value of the English Lakes World Heritage Site, including the effect on protected trees.
Operational development comprising the formation of hard surfaces by way of the laying of crushed slate aggregate
- Authority
- Lake District
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Whitfield J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the landscape of the Lake District National Park and the outstanding universal value of the English Lakes World Heritage Site, including the effect on protected trees
- The effect of the development on biodiversity
What decided it
The development introduces incongruous hardstanding into an open natural landscape within a National Park and World Heritage Site, substantially diminishing the landscape's positive contribution and potentially damaging protected trees, while lacking necessary ecological survey evidence to assess biodiversity impacts.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 01Policy 02Policy 06Policy 24Policy 04
- 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.
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