Holywell Farm, Holywell Road, Clipsham, LE15 7SQ

use of existing lane as additional access to Quarry Farm

Authority: Rutland County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Bartlett R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of using the existing agricultural access track to serve a residential property on the character and appearance of the rural area
The effect on users of the public bridleway which runs alongside much of its length

What decided it

The intensification of use from agricultural to residential traffic would fundamentally change the rural character and appearance of the countryside and conflict with development plan policies requiring development to be sympathetic to landscape setting and character.

Plan policies cited: Policy CS19 of the Rutland Core Strategy (2011), Policy SP15 of the Rutland Local Plan Site Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document (2014), Policy SP23 of the Rutland Local Plan Site Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document (2014)

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