1 Higher Stockbridge Barn, High Road, Tatham, Lancashire, LA2 8PS

the erection of a 1kW pole-mounted domestic wind turbine, overall height 8.9m, rotor diameter 0.9m, mounted on scaffold-tube tower with steel guy-ropes secured to ground anchors. Installation of underground cable from tower base to annex and connection in annex to grid

Authority: Lancaster City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: utilities-energy · Other minor developments
Inspector: Partington A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the principle of using the site for wind energy developments
The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the Forest of Bowland National Landscape
The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of nearby residents with particular regard to noise

What decided it

The benefits of the domestic-scale renewable energy scheme and the limited degree of harm to landscape character and appearance, combined with local community support, were sufficient to outweigh the conflict with the development plan policy requiring location in a designated suitable area for wind energy.

Framework references: 54, 130

Plan policies cited: Policy DM53, Policy DM46, Policy DM29

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