®Planning appeal decision
7 Brantfell Walk, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3AT
Planning appeal 3343894 at 7 Brantfell Walk, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3AT (Lake District) was dismissed on 3 December 2024 by Inspector Cowley R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the removal of condition No 6 would be acceptable, with regard to the provisions of the development plan that relate to renewable and low-carbon energy, and the feasibility and viability of the development.
Divide the block to create 2 separate dwellings for the purpose of being able to rent or sell individually making an additional local occupancy home, without complying with condition 6 requiring 30 percent of operational energy requirements from decentralised, district heating and/or renewable or low-carbon energy sources
- Authority
- Lake District
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cowley R
- Postcode
- LA23 3AT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the removal of condition No 6 would be acceptable, with regard to the provisions of the development plan that relate to renewable and low-carbon energy, and the feasibility and viability of the development
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide an independent viability assessment or substantiated evidence demonstrating that compliance with the renewable energy condition would be financially unviable or unfeasible, as required by Policy 20 and NPPF paragraph 162.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 20 of the Lake District National Park Local Plan 2020-2035
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 160Paragraph 162
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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