Higher College Farm, Lower Road, Longridge, PR3 2YY

Proposed erection of 34 Class E(g) units and one battery storage and maintenance unit with associated parking and access. Resubmission of application 3/2022/0553’ without complying with a condition attached to planning permission reference 3/2023/0706, dated 14th March 2025

Authority: Ribble Valley Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Major offices/R&D/light industry
Inspector: Brook S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect that varying the approved drawings in the manner proposed would have on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The proposed changes to the building elevations would not be significantly perceptible from the public domain due to screening by existing hedgerows and trees, and would not harm the character and appearance of the area or the intrinsic character of the countryside.

Framework references: 140

Plan policies cited: Policy DMG1, Policy DMG2

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