®Planning appeal decision
Balne Moor Lodge, Balne Moor Road, Balne, DN14 0EL
change of use of HGV trailer service workshop and associated yard to dwelling. Adjacent garden to Balne Moor Lodge to be used as garden for dwelling
- Authority
- Selby District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Gee R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and the effect on openness
- whether an appropriate location for development having regard to the development plan policies and its countryside location and accessibility
- whether a safe and suitable access is capable of being provided
- whether the proposed development would be provided with adequate means of drainage
- whether the development would provide for a suitable living environment for future residents, with particular regard to contamination
- the effect of the proposed development on ecology and protected species
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the development would not have adverse effects on ecology and protected species, combined with the unsuitable location in isolated countryside with poor accessibility, meant that even under the tilted balance the harms significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits.
The benefits of housing supply and limited economic benefits were outweighed by the adverse impacts of locating an isolated dwelling in an unsustainable countryside location with poor accessibility and unresolved ecological impacts on protected species.
Framework references: 11, 80, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy SP1 of the Selby District Core Strategy 2013, Policy SP2 of the Selby District Core Strategy 2013, Policy SP3 of the Selby District Core Strategy 2013, Policy SP15 of the Selby District Core Strategy 2013, Policy SP18 of the Selby District Core Strategy 2013, Policy H12 of the Selby District Local Plan Part 1 2005, Policy ENV1 of the Selby District Local Plan Part 1 2005, Policy ENV2 of the Selby District Local Plan Part 1 2005, Policy T1 of the Selby District Local Plan Part 1 2005, Policy T2 of the Selby District Local Plan Part 1 2005
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.