Planning appeal decision
High Cark Hall, Field Broughton, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6HS
Planning appeal 3327339 at High Cark Hall, Field Broughton, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6HS (Lake District) was allowed on 3 April 2024 by Inspector Jordan A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether a condition intended to restrict the occupation of the property to those with a local connection is necessary and reasonable.
Conversion and extension to a redundant barn to create a single 2 bedroom residence for local occupancy. Removal of part of a modern agricultural unit.
- Authority
- Lake District
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Jordan A
- Postcode
- LA11 6HS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether a condition intended to restrict the occupation of the property to those with a local connection is necessary and reasonable
What decided it
The occupancy restriction is necessary to ensure the property serves its intended purpose of sustaining local communities and businesses within the National Park by ring-fencing it from the open market, thereby improving affordability for those with local connection and preventing the property being absorbed by external demand.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 15 of the Lake District National Park Local Plan 2020-2035Housing Supplementary Planning Document 2021
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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