®Planning appeal decision
Land to the north of The Boat House, Bank Ground Farm, Coniston
- Authority
- Lake District
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Freer P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether copies of the enforcement notices were served as required by Section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- Whether the matters alleged in the notices have occurred
- Whether the matters alleged constitute a breach of planning control
- Whether enforcement action could be taken at the date the notices were issued
- Whether planning permission ought to be granted for the development
- Whether the requirements of the notices exceed what is necessary
- Whether the periods for compliance are reasonable
What decided it
The raised platforms constitute operational development requiring planning permission, and the development causes unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the area, the National Park landscape, the World Heritage Site, and biodiversity, with public benefits insufficient to outweigh these harms.
Framework references: 182, 195, 205, 207, 208
Plan policies cited: Policy 01, Policy 02, Policy 03, Policy 04, Policy 05, Policy 06, Policy 07, Policy 24, Policy CNP1, Policy CNP2, Policy CNP8
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.