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Quashed On Legal Grounds16 April 20243331473

Forgewood Cottage, Halton, Lancaster, LA2 6PA

Planning appeal 3331473 at Forgewood Cottage, Halton, Lancaster, LA2 6PA (Lancaster City Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 16 April 2024 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the fitness/training facility is in a sustainable location having regard to local and national planning policies.

without planning permission, the material change of use of the land to a mixed use of residential (C3) and the use of the garage and outside areas as a fitness/training facility for commercial purposes

Authority
Lancaster City Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector
Hartley D
Postcode
LA2 6PA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the fitness/training facility is in a sustainable location having regard to local and national planning policies

What decided it

The fitness/training facility, when subject to appropriate conditions controlling scale, hours and operation, is sustainably located with access to the nearby settlement of Halton and would not conflict with development plan policies or the Framework's sustainable development requirements.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM15Policy DM16Policy DM29Policy DM60
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 109Paragraph 56

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