®Planning appeal decision
Field 3226, At junction with Reedymoor Lane, Whitemoor Road, Foulridge, BB8 7LX
without planning permission, the change of use of land for the siting of caravans and using those for residential purposes and using the land for the storage and parking of commercial vehicles
- Authority
- Pendle Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Franks Z
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the development is at risk of flooding
- Whether any harm by reason of appropriateness and any other harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The development is inappropriate in the Green Belt causing harm to openness, no very special circumstances exist to justify it, and the flood risk has not been adequately assessed.
No balancing exercise was undertaken as no considerations were found to clearly outweigh the harm identified and no very special circumstances were established.
Framework references: 143, 155, 63
Plan policies cited: Policy SP07, Policy DM09
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.