Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Miles Hill, Moor Lane, Billington, BB7 9JH
Planning appeal 3325434 at Land Adjacent to Miles Hill, Moor Lane, Billington, BB7 9JH (Ribble Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 31 October 2023 by Inspector Manchester S, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q(b) of the GPDO, with regard to the extent of operations required to convert the agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses.
conversion/redevelopment of two agricultural buildings into 2 dwellings
- Authority
- Ribble Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Unknown
- Inspector
- Manchester S
- Postcode
- BB7 9JH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q(b) of the GPDO, with regard to the extent of operations required to convert the agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on protected species
What decided it
The unmitigated harm to the rural agricultural character and appearance of the buildings and countryside from their wholescale domestication.
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