®Planning appeal decision
Notice varied and upheld25 January 20243321544
Holker Cottage, Holker Lane, Ulnes Walton, LEYLAND, PR26 8LL
the retention of building used in connection with doggy day care business
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Walker A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan and national planning policies, taking into account the effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- If the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring residential properties, with regard to noise (Appeals B and D only)
- Whether the period for compliance with the enforcement notice is unreasonably short (Appeals A and B ground (g) only)
What decided it
The development is inappropriate in the Green Belt and causes harm through loss of openness via increased traffic movements and spatial erosion, which is not clearly outweighed by the provision of local employment and services, and no very special circumstances exist to justify approval.
Framework references: 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy BNE1 of the Chorley Local Plan 2015
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.