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Notice varied and upheld28 April 20253344442

Dalegarth Cottage, Boot, Holmrook, CA19 1TF

Planning appeal 3344442 at Dalegarth Cottage, Boot, Holmrook, CA19 1TF (Lake District) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 28 April 2025 by Inspector Harbottle M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether seasonal recreation and leisure accommodation through tented camping and siting of campervan caravans is appropriate in terms of flood risk.

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
Postcode
CA19 1TF

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 03 (Development and Flooding)Policy 04Policy 05Policy 18Policy 19
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 14Paragraph 15

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