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

Planning appeal 3319494 at Land at Milne Street, Irwell Vale, Haslingden, BB4 5QL (Rossendale Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 10 June 2024 by Inspector Whalley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether planning permission should be granted for the operational development and engineering works carried out to the bridleway.

Operational development and extensive engineering works comprising excavating and widening Bridleway 14-2-BW 414, including removal of vegetation, installation of passing places, surface water drain, and stone surfacing

Authority: Rossendale Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Whalley J
Postcode: BL0 0QP

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy ENV3: Landscape Character and QualityPolicy ENV4: Biodiversity, Geodiversity and Ecological NetworksPolicy ENV10: Trees and Hedgerows
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 155

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