®Planning appeal decision
Allowed10 June 20253360729
1 Ferry Butts, Garstang Road, Chipping, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2QJ
‘Change of use of a commercial building to domestic residential to extend an existing dwelling house’
- Authority
- Ribble Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Brook S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the building is suitable for retention, having regard to its appropriateness to its surroundings, its intrinsic interest and contribution to its setting
- The effect of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the building itself, and the area, which includes the Forest of Bowland National Landscape
What decided it
The building's appropriate scale, massing and position within the landscape, combined with the use of materials consistent with local vernacular, means the proposed conversion would not harm the character and appearance of the building or area, nor undermine the purposes of the National Landscape designation.
Plan policies cited: Policy DMH4, Policy DMG1, Policy DMG2, Key Statement EN2
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.