Sim Gill Farm, Grayrigg, Kendal, LA8 9BY

change of use of corner of vacant paddock to accommodate three holiday lodges to cater for equestrian related visitors and disabled persons

Authority: Westmorland and Furness Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Jones H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site provides a suitable location for the development proposed, having particular regard to those policies within the development plan which control tourist accommodation provision
The effects of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The appeal site's remote countryside location away from service centres and the absence of demonstration that the accommodation would support an existing rural business, combined with unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the area through incursion into open countryside, rendered the proposal contrary to the development plan with no material considerations to outweigh this conflict.

Plan policies cited: CS1.1, CS1.2, DM18, DM1, DM2, CS8.2, CS8.10

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