®Planning appeal decision
1 & 2 Honey Pot Cottages, Joss Lane, Sedbergh, LA10 5AS
Planning appeal 3369302 at 1 & 2 Honey Pot Cottages, Joss Lane, Sedbergh, LA10 5AS (Yorkshire Dales) was dismissed on 20 November 2025 by Inspector Duff N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the site's location within the Yorkshire Dales National Park and including any effect on the significance of non-designated heritage assets.
‘The planning permission granted for S/03/653 does not include an external garden area. I would like to include the area as defined in this application not only to afford external space to the premises but also because this area could not be used for agricu ltural use given its location to the property and the road/path between the land and the remainder of the agricultural land. At the moment members of the public are able to access the area from the public footpath and this gives issues of security and privacy that I would like to mitigate’
- Authority
- Yorkshire Dales
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Duff N
- Postcode
- LA10 5AS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the site's location within the Yorkshire Dales National Park and including any effect on the significance of non-designated heritage assets
- Whether the proposed development would meet the statutory requirements for the provision of biodiversity net gain
What decided it
The proposed development would cause unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the agrarian character of a non-designated heritage asset, conflicting with the statutory duty to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the National Park and with adopted development plan policies SP1, SP2, SP4 and L1.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- SP1SP2SP4L1W1W2CC1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 189Paragraph 216
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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