Dalegarth Cottage, Boot, Holmrook, CA19 1TF

Without planning permission, the making of a material change of use of the land from use as agriculture to mixed use as agriculture and for seasonal recreation and leisure accommodation through tented camping and the siting of campervan caravans with associated operational development comprising the installation of a track and areas of hardstanding and erection of buildings

Authority: Lake District
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Harbottle M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether seasonal recreation and leisure accommodation through tented camping and siting of campervan caravans is appropriate in terms of flood risk
The effect of the development on the landscape of the Lake District and its Special Qualities and the defined attributes of the English Lake District World Heritage Site
The effect of the development on biodiversity with regard to the Newhall Coppice ancient replanted woodland
Whether the development constitutes sustainable tourism by reason of diversification of an agricultural or land-based rural business

What decided it

The location of the site in Flood Zone 2 with access through Flood Zone 3, combined with the failure to demonstrate the highest level of landscape protection in a World Heritage Site, outweighed the moderate benefits from tourism and farm diversification.

Framework references: 14, 15

Plan policies cited: Policy 03 (Development and Flooding), Policy 04, Policy 05, Policy 18, Policy 19

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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