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Notice upheld14 April 20253347048

Moorcock Inn, Garsdale, Sedbergh, LA10 5PU

Planning appeal 3347048 at Moorcock Inn, Garsdale, Sedbergh, LA10 5PU (Yorkshire Dales) was dismissed on 14 April 2025 by Inspector Freer P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether a material change of use from public house to dwelling has occurred (Appeal A, ground b).

Material change of use of public house to single dwelling house (Appeal A) and to tea room and self-contained holiday letting unit (Appeal B), including internal partition walls, staircase and external timber fencing

Authority
Yorkshire Dales
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Change of use
Inspector
Freer P
Postcode
LA10 5PU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether a material change of use from public house to dwelling has occurred (Appeal A, ground b)
  • Whether the alleged changes of use constitute a breach of planning control (Appeals A and B, ground c)
  • Whether the requirements of the enforcement notices exceed what is necessary (Appeals A and B, ground f)

What decided it

The ground floor of the building now provides all facilities necessary for daily domestic existence and constitutes a dwelling, representing a material change of use from the primary public house use that requires planning permission which has not been granted.

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