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Notice varied and upheld13 February 20263372425

Mayfield House, New Lane, Eagland Hill, Pilling, Lancashire, PR3 6BA

Planning appeal 3372425 at Mayfield House, New Lane, Eagland Hill, Pilling, Lancashire, PR3 6BA (Wyre Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 13 February 2026 by Inspector Harbottle M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the erection of the dwellinghouse is appropriate to the countryside location having regard to the development plan's development strategy.

Without planning permission, the material change of use of land from a use for agriculture to a residential use and, without planning permission, the erection of a dwellinghouse

Authority
Wyre Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Harbottle M
Postcode
PR3 6BA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the erection of the dwellinghouse is appropriate to the countryside location having regard to the development plan's development strategy.
  • Its effect on the open and rural character of the countryside.
  • Whether there is safe and adequate vehicular, cycle and pedestrian access to and from the dwellinghouse.

What decided it

The dwellinghouse's conflict with the countryside development strategy combined with its unsustainable, inadequate access was decisive in refusing the deemed planning application.

the benefit of the dwellinghouse facilitating care for the appellant's parents did not outweigh the harm arising from its conflict with the countryside development strategy and its unsustainable access

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
SP1SP2SP4HP4CDMP3CDMP6
Judgments
Cardiff Rating Authority v Guest Keen Baldwin's Iron and Steel Co Ltd [1949] 1 KB 385; Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v SSETR (No.2) [2000] 2 PLR 102; Lowe v First Secretary of State [2003] EWHC 537 (Admin)

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