®Planning appeal decision
Land on the North Side of Crook Gate Lane, Out Rawcliffe, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 6TR
Planning appeal 3316124 at Land on the North Side of Crook Gate Lane, Out Rawcliffe, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 6TR (Wyre Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 22 October 2024 by Inspector Madge M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the Land and the surrounding countryside.
without planning permission the carrying out of operational development within the Land consisting of the erection of gates and gate posts to form a widened field entrance in the approximate location shown shaded yellow on the attached plan and the creation of an access track and hardstanding by the excavation of topsoil and the laying of an industrial membrane and crushed brick/stone in the approximate position shown marked with an orange brick pattern on the attached plan lined with stone boulders in the approximate locations shown marked in blue on the attached plan ("the Unauthorised Development")
- Authority
- Wyre Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Madge M
- Postcode
- PR3 6TR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the Land and the surrounding countryside.
What decided it
The stone boulders were found to cause significant adverse harm to the character and appearance of the countryside with no agricultural justification or substantial public benefit, distinguishing them from the otherwise acceptable gates, access track and hardstanding.
The gates, gate posts, access track and hardstanding were found to cause no significant harm and to serve a justified agricultural/remediation purpose, so permission was granted for them, whereas the stone boulders' significant harm to character and appearance, unmatched by any substantial public benefit, meant permission for them was refused.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP1Policy SP2Policy SP4Policy EP8Policy CDMP1Policy CDMP3Policy CDMP6
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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