Planning appeal decision
Dearden Wood Campsite, Michael Wife Lane, Edenfield , Lancashire, BL0 0QX
Planning appeal 3336170 at Dearden Wood Campsite, Michael Wife Lane, Edenfield , Lancashire, BL0 0QX (Rossendale Borough Council) was allowed on 11 July 2024 by Inspector Eggleton P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use could result in risks to human health, groundwater and the wider environment.
Change of use of land to residential garden curtilage
- Authority
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Eggleton P
- Postcode
- BL0 0QX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use could result in risks to human health, groundwater and the wider environment
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
Condition 2 was retained as necessary to address contamination risks, but condition 3 was deleted because the council failed to justify blanket removal of permitted development rights that were already lawful and would not result in harm to character and appearance.
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