131 Craig Walk, Bowness-On-Windermere, WINDERMERE, LA23 3AX

without planning permission, the making of a material change of use of the Land to use as short-term holiday letting accommodation

Authority: Lake District
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Hartley D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control under section 174(2)(c) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

What decided it

The material change of use from residential HMO or dwellinghouse to holiday letting, evidenced by the significant increase in guest turnover and associated pedestrian and vehicular movements, combined with the loss of a building suitable for meeting local housing need contrary to policy 18 of the Lake District National Park Local Plan.

Plan policies cited: Policy 15 of the 2021 Lake District National Park Local Plan 2020-2035, Policy 18 of the 2021 Lake District National Park Local Plan 2020-2035

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