®Planning appeal decision
Land adajcent to, How Lane, Castleton, S33 8WJ
a retrospective change of use of existing agricultural land to facilitate a Timber Log Storage Business (B8 Use), internal access track, widened vehicular access to the public highway, and associated landscaping
- Authority
- Peak District
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Young D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- The living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to noise
What decided it
The correct interpretation of Policy DME8 as requiring mitigation and minimisation of landscape harm rather than nil-detriment, combined with the modest scale and recessed nature of the development, meant a landscaping scheme could acceptably minimise adverse impacts.
Framework references: 189
Plan policies cited: Core Strategy Policy E1, Core Strategy Policy GSP1, Core Strategy Policy GSP3, Core Strategy Policy L1, Development Management Policy DS1, Development Management Policy DMC3, Development Management Policy DMC13, Development Management Policy DMC14, Development Management Policy DME8
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.