Old Manor Stables, Back Lane, Barkston Ash, Nr Tadcaster, LS24 9PL

10 x 6 shed to house garden equipment to maintain land on the property

Authority: North Yorkshire Council
Appeal type: householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Dowsett J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The main issue in this appeal is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, having regard to the setting of nearby listed buildings.

What decided it

The shed's small scale and severely restricted visibility from the public domain meant it caused no harm to the character and appearance of the area or to the setting of the nearby listed buildings.

Framework references: 154, 155

Plan policies cited: Policy SP18, Policy SP19, Policy SP3

Judgments cited: Methuen-Campbell v Walters [1979] 1 QB 525; R (oao) Hampshire CC v Blackbushe Airport Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 398; Egerton v Taunton Deane Borough Council [2008] EWHC 2752 (Admin); Debenhams Plc v Westminster City Council [1986] 12 WLUK 44 (HL); Her Majesty's Attorney General at the relation of Robin Sutcliffe, John Rouse, and Tony Hughes v Calderdale Borough Council [1983] JPL 310; Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions [2001] QB 59; Dyer v Dorset County Council [1989] 1 QB 346; Warwick DC v SSLUHC, Mr J Storer & Mrs A Lowe [2022] WHC 2145 (Admin)

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