®Planning appeal decision
Land opposite the Coach House, Broadclough, Bacup, Lancs, OL13 8PA
to use the land for a small 2-bedroom bungalow to provide ground floor access and comfortable living accommodation for disabled persons. The application includes the access to the proposed building in the form of a new poured resin driveway. The application does not include work to the boundary wall abutting the access leading to the site
- Authority
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Lancaster K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The significant harm to the character and appearance of the area caused by the development's encroachment into open countryside and its failure to reflect the edge-of-settlement location outweighed the limited benefits of housing delivery and biodiversity net gain.
The benefits of delivering an additional dwelling, economic benefits from construction and occupation, and biodiversity net gain were limited due to the small scale of development and lack of mechanism to secure occupation by disabled persons; these limited benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm to character and appearance of the area.
Framework references: 11, 135
Plan policies cited: Policy ENV1, Policy ENV3
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.