®Planning appeal decision
Squirrel Cottage, Chapel Row, Rowrah, Frizington, CA26 3XS
- Authority
- Cumbria County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Robbie K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the condition restricting the planning permission for a proposed lodge building for 3 years is necessary or reasonable having regard to local planning policy relating to rural workers' dwellings.
What decided it
The lack of financial or business evidence demonstrating an established, viable agricultural need sufficient to justify a longer or permanent consent for the lodge.
The appellants' wish for a longer or permanent consent was outweighed by the absence of evidence demonstrating the viability and established functional need of the agricultural enterprise, and the adverse impact on the appellants (including their disabilities) was found proportionate to the harm of departing from policy.
Framework references: 84
Plan policies cited: Policy SS3, Policy DS2, Policy H16
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