Beckside Farm, Distington, CA14 4QY

Planning appeal 3314416 at Beckside Farm, Distington, CA14 4QY (Copeland Borough Council *) was allowed on 18 August 2023 by Inspector Francis M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The suitability of the proposal in this location, given policies relating to open countryside and the settlement boundary.

residential development of two dwellings

Authority: Copeland Borough Council *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Francis M
Postcode: CA14 4QY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The suitability of the proposal in this location, given policies relating to open countryside and the settlement boundary
The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area

What decided it

The sustainable location of the site in close proximity to Distington's services and facilities, combined with the out-of-date status of the countryside protection policy and the ability to design two dwellings without harm to character and appearance, meant the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied.

the limited weight given to conflict with out-of-date countryside protection policy, combined with the significant weight attributed to the benefits of housing supply and economic contribution, meant the adverse impacts would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy ST2Policy ST1Policy ENV5Policy DM26Policy DS3PUPolicy DS4PU
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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 applied

The 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.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

2 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

More decisions in Copeland Borough Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023

Allowed18 October 20233304774
Land to the North of Station Road, Drigg, Holmrook, CA19 1XQ
Allowed18 August 20233316104
Land at Harras Moor, Whitehaven
Allowed15 November 20223294623
Land to North of Ennerdale Country House Hotel, Cleator, CA23 3DT
Dismissed22 December 20213277409
Elizabeth Cresent, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 6JQ
Allowed4 April 20243323242
Spout House, Sandwith, Cumbria, CA28 9UG

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.