®Planning appeal decision
Woodlands,, Beamsley, Harrogate Road,, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 6HZ
demolition of existing wooden chalet and construction of a rural workers dwelling; installation of package treatment plant and air source heat pump
- Authority
- Yorkshire Dales
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Caines A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently at the site so as to justify an isolated dwelling in the countryside
- The effect of the development on the scenic beauty and intrinsic character of the Yorkshire Dales National Park
What decided it
The appellant's failure to demonstrate an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently at the site, combined with the resulting harm to the landscape and scenic beauty of the National Park, was decisive.
the substantial weight attracted by the policy conflicts and harm to landscape and scenic beauty outweighed the appellant's personal circumstances and the very limited benefits of the scheme
Framework references: 84, 189
Plan policies cited: SP2, SP3, SP4, C3
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