Greenbank Farm Hornby Road, Claughton, LANCASTER, LA2 9JD

erection of an agricultural livestock building, silage clamp and midden

Authority: Lancaster City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector: Francis M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including on the Forest of Bowland National Landscape
The integrity of designated and European sites
Historic hedgerows

What decided it

The significant visual harm to the character and appearance of the area and the National Landscape, combined with the undemonstrated risk of adverse impacts on designated and European sites and harm to a historic hedgerow, meant the development conflicted with the development plan with no material considerations to outweigh this.

Framework references: 189

Plan policies cited: Policy DM46, Policy EN2, Policy EN3, Policy DM29, Policy DM31, Policy DM44, Policy DM45, Policy CL2, Policy CL4, Policy CL8

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