Land at Milne street, Irwell Vale, Haslingden, BB4 5QL

Authority: Rossendale Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Whalley J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether planning permission should be granted for the operational development and engineering works carried out to the bridleway
Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
Whether more time should be allowed for compliance with the enforcement notice

What decided it

The works failed to comply with Rossendale Local Plan policies ENV3, ENV4 and ENV10 protecting landscape character, biodiversity and hedgerows, having significantly altered the rural character of the bridleway and caused damage to its pleasant countryside nature.

Framework references: 155

Plan policies cited: Policy ENV3: Landscape Character and Quality, Policy ENV4: Biodiversity, Geodiversity and Ecological Networks, Policy ENV10: Trees and Hedgerows

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