Planning appeal decision
Low Birker Farm, Boot, Holmrook, CA19 1TH
Planning appeal 3335588 at Low Birker Farm, Boot, Holmrook, CA19 1TH (Lake District) was dismissed on 15 July 2024 by Inspector Francis M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be development permitted under Schedule 2, Part 6 Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
forestry equipment storage shed
- Authority
- Lake District
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Francis M
- Postcode
- CA19 1TH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be development permitted under Schedule 2, Part 6 Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
What decided it
The evidence did not sufficiently demonstrate that the land where the building would be located is 'land used for the purposes of forestry' as required by Class E of Part 6 of the GPDO.
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