Planning appeal decision
Land on the North West Side of Pendleton Road, Wiswell, Lancashire, BB7 9BZ
Planning appeal 3318459 at Land on the North West Side of Pendleton Road, Wiswell, Lancashire, BB7 9BZ (Ribble Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 2 July 2024 by Inspector Whalley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the hardstanding, CCTV installations and solar array constitute a breach of planning control.
Construction of hardstanding, CCTV installations, free standing CCTV post, stand-alone solar array and associated infrastructure on open grassland
- Authority
- Ribble Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- utilities-energy · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Whalley J
- Postcode
- BB7 9BZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the hardstanding, CCTV installations and solar array constitute a breach of planning control
- Whether planning permission should be granted for the hardstanding, CCTV installations and solar array
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach
What decided it
The installations lacked reasonable justification and caused unacceptable harm to the rural character and visual amenity of the area, contrary to development plan policies.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EN2Policy DMG1Policy DME2
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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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.
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