Bank Farm, 40 Martin Lane, Lancashire, Burscough, L40 0RT

Planning appeal 3345974 at Bank Farm, 40 Martin Lane, Lancashire, Burscough, L40 0RT (Lancashire County Council) was allowed on 12 March 2025 by Inspector Owen A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of nearby occupiers with respect to dust, noise and disturbance.

change of use from agricultural to sui generis (waste management/skip recycling - sorting, storage and distribution of non-hazardous waste)

Authority: Lancashire County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: minerals-waste · Change of use
Inspector: Owen A
Postcode: L40 0RT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of nearby occupiers with respect to dust, noise and disturbance
Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and local development plan policies

What decided it

The proposal would not cause unacceptable harm to neighbours' living conditions or to Green Belt openness, and would therefore accord with the development plan as a whole.

The proposal accords with the development plan taken as a whole and there are no other considerations indicating a decision other than in accordance with the development plan, so the appeal was allowed.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DM2 of the Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan (2013)Policy GN3 of the West Lancashire Local Plan (2013)
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154Paragraph 143

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