Elford Lowe Farm, Elford Road, Elford, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 9BJ

Authority: Lichfield District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Hearing
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Franks Z

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the main issue in both cases is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

the limited harm to the character and appearance of the area from the mixed-use storage was outweighed by material considerations of national and local policy support for rural diversification and the economic benefits to the farm and other rural businesses

the limited harm to the character and appearance of the countryside, in conflict with Policies BE1 and CP3, was outweighed by material considerations including national and local policy support for rural diversification and the economic benefits associated with the storage use

Plan policies cited: Policy BE1, CP3, Policy NR1

Judgments cited: Fayrewood Fish Farms Limited v SSE [1984] JPL 1983; Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207

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