®Planning appeal decision
Higher Walls Cottage Walls Clough, Rossendale, BB4 9NE
Planning appeal 3321266 at Higher Walls Cottage Walls Clough, Rossendale, BB4 9NE (Rossendale Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 December 2023 by Inspector Ellison H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site represents a suitable location for a new dwelling, having regard to local and national planning policies.
Convert barn storage loft to living accommodation. Change of use of barn/stables from private use (condition 3 App 2003/411) to commercial use
- Authority
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ellison H
- Postcode
- BB4 9NE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site represents a suitable location for a new dwelling, having regard to local and national planning policies
- whether satisfactory living conditions would be provided for future occupiers
What decided it
The proposal failed to meet any exception for a dwelling in the countryside under the development plan spatial strategy and would not provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers due to proximity to commercial equestrian use.
The moderate economic benefits from tourism and leisure provision and limited benefits from one additional dwelling were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm from introducing a dwelling in the countryside contrary to the spatial strategy and the poor living conditions that would result for future occupiers.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SSPolicy SD1Policy SD2Policy HS13Policy HS12Policy HS8Policy LT6Policy LT3Policy LT4Policy LT5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 88Paragraph 135
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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