®Planning appeal decision
Land at South Barn, Ayside, Grange over Sands, LA11 6HY
Without planning permission, the making of a material change of use from agriculture to a mixed use of agriculture, commercial timber processing, the fabrication of timber buildings and furniture and the storage of timber, vehicles and domestic items with associated operational development to erect a timber building and install an access track and areas of hardstanding
- Authority
- Lake District
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Merrett R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, including the Lake District National Park and the significance of the World Heritage Site
- the amenity of local residents having particular regard to noise emissions and particulate matter
- highway safety
What decided it
The absence of any demonstrated harm to character and appearance, residential amenity or highway safety, combined with significant weight given to the economic and social benefits of the business, tipped the balance in favour of granting permission.
The neutral effects of no harm to character and appearance, residential amenity or highway safety, combined with significant weight attached to the economic, social and environmental benefits of the business, meant the planning balance favoured the grant of planning permission.
Plan policies cited: Policy 01, Policy 05, Policy 06, Policy 07, Policy 02, Policy 16, Policy 19, Policy 04
Judgments cited: Murfitt v SSE & East Cambridgeshire DC [1980] JPL 598; Kestrel Hydro v SSCLG & Spelthorne BC [2016] EWCA Civ 784
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.