Planning appeal decision
Rocks Cottage, Brimham Rocks, Hartwith, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 4BF
Planning appeal 3321118 at Rocks Cottage, Brimham Rocks, Hartwith, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 4BF (Harrogate Borough Council *) was dismissed on 7 September 2023 by Inspector Clark L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the development proposed.
erection of 1no Timber Holiday Cottage
- Authority
- Harrogate Borough Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Clark L
- Postcode
- HG3 4BF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the development proposed
What decided it
The appeal site's distant relationship to services and facilities, combined with the appellant's failure to demonstrate that the proposal requires a rural location and cannot be accommodated elsewhere, renders the location unsuitable contrary to Policy EC7.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GS2Policy GS3Policy EC7Policy GS5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 84
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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