Planning appeal decision
Field to North Side of Esp Lane, Barnoldswick, Lancashire, BB18 5SB
Planning appeal 3317147 at Field to North Side of Esp Lane, Barnoldswick, Lancashire, BB18 5SB (Pendle Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 January 2024 by Inspector Senior H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the Calf Hall and Gillians Conservation Area.
an agricultural building
- Authority
- Pendle Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Senior H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the Calf Hall and Gillians Conservation Area
What decided it
The prominent position of the proposed building on the brow of a hill would harm the significance of the conservation area by introducing an uncharacteristic isolated building into an open rural landscape, and the identified public benefits were insufficient to outweigh this harm when great weight is attached to conservation.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- ENV1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 205Paragraph 208
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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