Land at Back Lane, Borwick, LA6 1FQ

Retrospective application for the erection of agricultural buildings and associated hardstanding

Authority: Lancaster City Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector: Whalley J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the balance between the need to properly care for animals on the holding and the effect of animal accommodation buildings on the appearance of the surrounding landscape is acceptable against relevant planning policy
Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control

What decided it

The unacceptable harm caused to the pleasant open agricultural countryside character by the unauthorised developments, which was not justified by the small-scale hobby nature of the activities and could not be remedied by temporary arrangements or alternative siting suggestions.

Framework references: 187

Plan policies cited: Policy DM47, Policy DM29, Policy DM46, Policy DM51

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