®Planning appeal decision
Laverock How, Ponsonby, Cumbria, CA20 1BY
‘install 14 ground-mounted 410 W solar panels on land adjacent to the main house and barns. Install 6 kW wind turbine in field to the east of the main house. Electrical and building works required for the above.’
- Authority
- Lake District
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- utilities-energy · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Clowes M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, having regard to the appeal site's location within the Lake District National Park and the English Lake District World Heritage Site
What decided it
The wind turbine would break the skyline and cause less than substantial harm to the character and appearance of the Lake District National Park and World Heritage Site, with insufficient public benefits demonstrated to outweigh this harm, whereas the solar arrays would cause no such harm and were therefore capable of approval.
Framework references: 161, 168, 189, 212
Plan policies cited: Policy 01, Policy 05, Policy 07, Policy 20
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.